Junhong Zhu

Yan Hui and Zhuangzi: the way of spiritual healing in the twin peaks of Confucianism and Daoism

Frontiers in Psychology June 22, 2026 Junhong Zhu

Yan Hui and Zhuangzi have often been read as representing two contrasting traditions of self-cultivation in early Chinese philosophy. Against the background of contemporary concern with psychological distress, this article argues that the Analects and the Zhuangzi illuminate a shared problem: how the heart-mind may be reoriented under conditions of suffering, instability, and attachment....