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Kim, Seung-Ae. “Wordsworth and Chuang-tzu’s Nature as the Main Core of Great Perception and Great Accomplishment.” Studies on English Language & Literature. 38.2 (2012): 65-87. Wordsworth and Chuang-tzu owed their great perception and great accomplishment to nature. Nature helped their mind to be jammed up with composure and vision, and enabled them to be outside conflicts and pains from their life. Wordsworth was able to get pleasure and comfort through his frequent visits to mountains and plains. Nature was a visionary power to him. And Chuang-tzu put his strong emphasis on a state of nature called “Mu-wei.’ He introduced ‘Zua-marng’ and ‘Sim-jae’ to explain his ‘tao.’ He persuaded us to empty all kinds of worldly desire and greed. ‘Zua-marng’ means ‘forgetting the work of mind,’ and ‘Sim-jae’ means ‘making our mind famished.’ Chuang-tzu emphasized that we could reach ‘tao’ by forgetting what we see and hear. This paper intended to study how Wordsworth and Chuang-tzu accomplished their state of tranquility and comfort through nature. Chuang-tzu tried to complete his ‘tao’ by ‘denying the work of our eye and ear, but Wordsworth tried to fill his mind with what his eyes and ears caught, which made it possible for both to catch an immortal pleasure from nature. They pursued a state of nature in the different way from each other’s, but they was able to enjoy, to our surprise, the same perception and accomplishment, transcending the conflicting reality of life. (Chonbuk National University)