Review of Youru Wang, The ethical dimension of forgetfulness: engaging the Daoist Zhuangzi in studies of cultivated forgettingYuan, Ai (Avtor) Zhuangziforgettingoblivionanecdotesmoral angeremotionsWang Youru’s pioneering study of cultivated forgetfulness in the Zhuangzi responds to the growing academic interest in forgetfulness as a counterpart to memory, perception, and understanding. Wang’s book provides the first comprehensive reading of the vocabulary, reasoning and meaning of a cul­tivated and positive form of forgetting. Chapter one reveals how existing studies overlook the positive and active aspects of forgetting, for which the Zhuangzi can fill in the gaps in the academic literature. Chapter two discusses therapeutic forgetting in the Zhuangzi. Chapter three explores the relationship between self and forgetting. Chapters four and five enter into the socio-political dimension of forgetting, particularly about how we can respond to other people. Chapter 6 highlights the altruistic elements in forgetting, which leads to Chapter 7, which shows forgetting in relation to empathic capacity. Chapter 8 explores the themes of friendship and forgetting. The Epilogue of this book is important because it relates Wang’s philosophical outlook of forgetting to our real-life experience, making forgetfulness a living philosophy. This review focuses on the approach Wang uses to reconstruct the Zhuangzi’s forgetfulness, his inspiring use of com­mentaries, my opinion on the idea of forgetting emotions in the Zhuangzi, and the relevance of forgetting in other early Chinese discourses.20262026-10-30 13:15:43Članek v reviji190619sl