The Taoist Body
The Taoist Body
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道家身体
DOI：
10.1086/462798
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发表时间：
1978
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K. Schipper
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被称为道教的古老思想体系至今仍然是世界上最不为人所知的伟大宗教，也是中国文化中最难以理解的方面之一。这在很大程度上是因为西方思想坚持物质与精神、身体与灵魂分离的概念。道教拒绝这种二元论，认为身体的完美就像灵魂的救赎对于基督教来说是必不可少的。克里斯托弗·施佩尔优雅而清晰地介绍了道教的传统，以及传播这些传统的大师，这将回报所有对中国和宗教感兴趣的人。史派尔的《中国》一书历经二十五年的研究，包括八年的田野调查，一步步追溯了从中国的萨满教和传统的乡村生活，到身体的养生技法，进而引出老庄的神秘主义。施佩尔展示了道教所有方面的根本统一，就像道教自认为的那样。社会实体--社区、村庄、土地--在各个方面都与道家的身体相对应。在这两个国家中，人类的生存就在此时此地决定。“我的命运在我心中，不在天堂！”
The ancient system of thought known as Taoism remains today the least well known of the world's great religions and one of the most inaccessible aspects of Chinese culture. This is in large part because Western thought clings to the notion of the separation of matter and spirit, body and soul. Taoism refuses this dualism and considers the body's perfection as essential as the soul's redemption is to Christianity. Kristofer Schipper's elegant and lucid introduction to the traditions of Taoism and the masters who transmit them will reward all those interested in China and in religions. The result of over twenty-five years of research, including eight years of fieldwork in China, Schipper's book retraces, step by step, the way that leads from Chinese shamanism and traditional village life to the physical Tending Life techniques, which in turn lead to the mysticism of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu. Schipper shows the fundamental unity underlying all aspects of Taoism as Taoism considers itself to be. The social body - the community, the village, the land - corresponds in all aspects to the physical body in Taoism. In both of them the survival of humanity is decided here and now. 'My destiny is within me, not in Heaven!'