In Between Heaven And Humanity

Ge Hong recognize the real existence of supernatural being, What immortal existence with the theoretical and practical basis? why people can become immortal? supernatural being with what the significance of moral and social level? How to assess the Ge Hong's Immortality of thinking? This paper tries on these issues from a philosophical perspective to be exploredThe view of the universe and life is the center of Ge Hong's Celestial. One hand, he inherited the original Taoist cosmology, continue to use the philosophy of Lao Tzu, "Xuan(玄)","Tao" and"Yi(一) " and introduction to Taoist teaching both purport to give meaning to these concepts a new meaning, used as demonstrate the existence of god ontological foundation; the other hand, he look supernatural being as the ideal personality, by his own investigation, on the Immortality in the process of argumentation, and description of characteristics of the supernatural being, to clarify its original human nature, cultivation theory, Ideal of life, has been constructed from the moral ideals, cultural ideals and social ideals.The supernatural being thought is his thinking purport, the mystical concept of Ge Hong in all their previous schools of philosophy and Taoism and the critical relationship between inherited a very clear view of Ge Hong's Immortality is the concept of their Cosmic View and the unity of humanity, gods are personified "Tao", better is to command the perfect way street people. Ge Hong Celestial humble view on the one hand out of the theoretical form of early Taoism Taoist theory increasingly refined, deepened the Wei and Jin Dynasties on the other hand the development of human science, human science is one of the important theoretical form in the Wei and Jin Dynasties...