ZHUANG Zhou held in esteem the beauty of simplicity and took it as a refutation and denial of the tendency of hedonism in the society at the time.

• 基于此,庄子推崇素朴美、自然美、大美,以此作为对当时社会审美文化感性化、生理享乐化倾向的反拨与否定,对审美自由境界的向往与追求。