“学而优则仕”是中国古代士人的座右铭。但是,《庄子注》却提出了一个令人感到不可思议的主张:仕而不事,即士人可以出仕做官,但不能有做官之心,更不该有做官之事。导致这种消极思想产生的客观原因是作者所处的政治环境,主观原因是作者的宿命心理。这表明,政治败坏和宿命心理是部分知识分子疏离政治的主要原因。 “Learning is excellent official ” is the motto of ancient Chinese scholars. However, “Zhuangzi Note” has put forward an unbelievable proposition: It is not a matter for Shi practitioners to serve as officials, but they should not have the heart to do government work, nor should they be appointed officials. The objective reason leading to this negative thinking is the author’s political environment, the subjective reason is the author’s fate. This shows that political corruption and fate are some of the major causes of intellectual alienation from politics.