《莊子》討論「情感」 (emotions) 議題嗎？這是現代莊學的一個論題。莊子 (約 369-286 B.C.) 是一位哲學家、文學家；其最為後世人所追想的，是其毫無局限的寓喻故事及其展現精神上的美感自由，是以莊子行文論述自然涉及情感。但莊子卻認為，人之情感是阻礙人認識真相的一大障蔽。宇宙真相是一不斷變化的序列，人存於天地之間當認清如是事實，因任何作為皆是不必要且是徒勞的，故其主張「心齋」（〈人間世〉）、「坐忘」（〈大宗師〉），「知其不可奈何而安之若命」（〈人間世〉）。因此，莊子哲學呈顯的人生實為一深沉的悲涼，而非部分論者陳論莊子主張有一精神上的「自由」。莊子透過寓喻故事展現了甚多人之情感上的抉決，然其標的乃在指出人當「安時而處順，哀樂不能入也」（〈養生主〉），使心如槁木、形如死灰。是以可知，莊子哲學關懷就在於使人心不引發攖擾，陷於逐於物或殉於物之中。職是之故，莊子對於「情感」，不是如儒家所強調的轉化為成德之教。為正確理解莊子哲學的蘊義，本文焦距置於其對情感議題的探討，抑或是說其將人之情感作如何的轉化。全文區分三部分探討，一析論《莊子》文中「情」字的意義，二研析《莊子》寓喻所呈顯的情感選擇，三討論莊子哲學的關懷。最後作一結論。

Does Zhuangzi discuss emotions? This is a question that concerns today’s interpreters of the Zhuangzi. The philosopher Zhuangzi is associated with spiritual freedom and aesthetics. Accordingly he can be said to be concerned with emotions. But in reality Zhunagzi thinks that emotions affect the human ability to know negatively. In an universe that is permanently undergoing change, human have to understand clearly the restriction imposed upon them. Thus Zhuangzi supports the ideas of the “fasting of the heart” and “sitting and forgetting”. Thus the underlying emotion in the Zhuangzi is sorrow, not the often proposed spiritual “freedom”. In his stories Zhuangzi often describes the emotional process people undergo when making decisions, but his purpose is to show that people should adapt to the situation they find themselves in to have a “heart like dead ashes” and “ a body like a dead tree”. Accodingly, the transformation of emotions in the Zhuangzi does not aim at virtue as it does in the Confucian tradition. In order to adeaquately understand Zhuangzi’s position this paper focusses on his discussion of emotions and how he aims at transforming human emotions. The paper is devided in three parts. In the first part the meaning of the term qing情 is discussed, in the second part the decision making process in some of the stories is described, in the final part Zhuangzi’s overarching philosophical concern is treated.