The Interpretation Of Taoism Culture In Lv Ye Xian Zong

“Lv Ye Xian Zong” is a100-chapter serial novel written in Qianlong period of Qingdynasty. The author takes Leng Yubing’s seeking for immortals as the main clue. In the novel,god, monster, history and reality have been integrated together, which possesses abundantcultural connotation. Taoism culture is deeply rooted in this novel. Leng Yubing’s seeking forimmortals, saving people and degreasing people into immortals are the embodiment of theTaoism culture.The whole article can be divided into four chapters.Chapter one chiefly studies the immortal belief of Taoism in Lv Ye Xian Zong, whichconsists four sections. The first section mainly discusses the contact of Taoism and novels inliterature history, combed the rheological of Taoism in Chinese novels. The second sectionanalyzes the core belief Taoism and ideological origin of it. The third section studies theimmortal world in Lv Ye Xian Zong. The last section discusses that normal people canbecome immortals after they do something good and keep their mind peaceful.Chapter two mainly discusses the way of practicing immortality. Practicing immortalityis the basic purpose of Taoist practice. Leng Yubing and his apprentices practiced mainly fromthree aspects to fulfill their dreams, such as mastering methods, following ethics, and goingthrough the religious tests.Chapter three studies the thought of saving society in Lv Ye Xian Zong. Leng Yubingsuppressing evils, saving people from natural disasters, protecting people from social disastersand converting people into immortals all reflect the society-helping thought. In fact, for theauthor Li Baichuan, he wants to build a set of ideal culture to save the declining Confucianculture through Taoism which can save the world and the souls of people to settle his spirit.Chapter four discusses the dreams in Lv Ye Xian Zong. The author like writing dreams,the description of his dreams has a profound connotation of Taoist culture, which not onlyembodies the Taoist ascetics attunement and tests, but also reveals the Taoist philosophy oflife. In addition, the thought that “life is a dream” is also the aspiration of the author andmajority of contemporary scribes. They were under extreme authoritarian politicalenvironment in the feudal society: life was bankrupt financially and emotionally. They felt frustrated and confused about the reality.