Relation Between Ancient Chinese Mithology and Taoism Focused on the Problem of Body and Mind

道教被认为是中国古代神话思想的继承者之一，本研究旨在将中国古代神话与道教联系起来。考虑到许多东亚宗教坚持使用冥想和瑜伽练习的技术，研究项目集中在身体和心灵的问题上。由于中国宗教对东亚各种文化的影响，作者也研究了日本宗教受中国宗教影响的因素，特别提到了身体和心灵相互联系的冥想练习。研究内容包括三大类，即：(1)搜集中国古代道教、日本宗教和神话的资料，以及一些特殊文献；(2)实地考察（仅限于日本宗教领域）；(3)撰写文章和书籍。实地研究的主题包括：(1)与大熊座宗教信仰相关的冥想身体活动(2)山教与海教的相互关系，特别是对太阳和月亮的信仰(3)东亚特别发展的生态地理学，称为风水。这些研究将在2 - 3年内完成并发表。这些文章集中讨论了中国古代神话与道教的关系问题。主题是关于世界起源的神话，后来改变了它的性质，被描述为性交的仪式，与生态地理有关的风和水的神话，内在炼金术艺术与太阳和月亮神话的关系等。

This research is aimed to connect ancient Chinese myth and Taoism as latter is regarded one of the successor of ancient Chinese mythological thinking. Considering the fact that many east asian religions insist on the techniques using meditation and yogic practice the research project is focused on the problem of body and mind. As Chinese religion has influenced upon various east asian cultures the author also investigated the factor of Japanese religion influenced by the Chinese one with special reference to the practices using meditation interrelating body and mind.The research consist of three categories, e.g. (1)collecting the sources of ancient Chinese mith, Taoism, Japanese religion and mithology, and also some special literature, (2)field studies(limited only the fields of Japanese religion), (3)writing articles and books.The themes of field studies including (1)meditative body action related the religious faith in Ursa Major (2)interrelation between the religion of mountain and the religion of sea with special reference to the faith in the sun and the moon (3)Ecological geography especially developed in east asia named Feng-shui. These studies are to be compiled and published within 2 or 3 years.The articles are focused on the problems of relation between ancient Chinese myth and Taoism. The themes are about the myth of the beginning of the world that later transformed its nature and described as the ritual of sexial intercource, the myth of the wind and water related with ecological geography, relation between the art of inner alchemy and the myth of the sun and the moon, etc.