고전 서사의 변용과 인문학적 변화 모델 연구: 󰡔장자󰡕와 󰡔이솝 우화󰡕의 비교 분석을 중심으로 = Transformation of Classical Narratives and Humanistic Change Studies: A Comparative Analysis of Zhuangzi and Aesop’s Fables

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study compares Zhuangzi, a representative text of East Asian Daoist philosophy, and Aesop’s Fables, the archetype of Western ethical thought, through the methodology of Humanistic Change Studies (HCS). HCS treats human cognitive structures, symbolic systems, narrative frameworks, and ethical systems as the core drivers of change, positing that change occurs within the interpretive structures of human beings before it manifests as material events. Applying the three analytical frameworks of HCS-Subject-Field, Input-Output, and Change-Pattern-as well as the four-stage cycle of Doubt-Inquiry-Imagination-Practice, this paper analyzes three paired narratives: “The Butterfly Dream” and “The Shepherd Boy Who Cried Wolf,” “Cook Ding’s Ox” and “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” and “The Giant Roc” and “The Hare and the Tortoise.” The analysis reveals that Zhuangzi functions primarily as a “philosophical warning system” addressing ontological crises and cognitive rigidity, while Aesop’s Fables function as an “ethical warning system” addressing behavioral errors and social irresponsibility. The two traditions are not in competition but are complementary: Zhuangzi provides direction through existential liberation, while Aesop provides method through behavioral correction. Their integration yields a complete humanistic change model—“Existential Awareness Change + Behavioral Practice Change”—capable of responding to the “gray rhino” threats of contemporary society.