否定圣贤以阐释自己思想的超越性是《庄子》常用的手法,但内篇与外篇、杂篇部分关键性内容对圣贤的否定,其基础和前提并不相同。这是导致《盗跖》篇具有鲜明的小说特色的一个基本原因。内七篇中庄子之所以否定尧舜等,关键在于以更高的价值目标为参照,一般性地否定政治活动的价值及进而追求对现实政治的超越,“与其誉尧而非桀也,不如两忘而化其道”便十分清楚地表明,在更高的“道”的观照下尧与桀没有什么根本性 The denial of the saints to explain the transcendence of their own thinking is a common practice of Zhuang Zi. However, the fundamental and preconditions of denying the sages are not the same for the key contents of the internal and external articles and miscellaneous articles. This is one of the basic reasons leading to the distinctive novel features of The Pirates of the Tarsus. The reason why the reason why Zhuangzi was denied Yao, Shun, and so on in the seven chapters lies in that the value of political activity is generally denied and the pursuit of surpassing of realistic politics is taken as a reference to a higher value goal. “It is not as good as its reputation Two forgotten ways ”, it is quite clear that there is no fundamental difference between Yao and Kui under the higher“ Taoism ”