Study On Sendoh Literature Of Baopuzi Chapter Inside

Gehong Baopuzi has two chapters which are Inside and Outside. Baopuzi Chapter Inside was the first system theory works in Taoist history. It was a link and epoch-making works which established the upper Taolist immortals theory system. From the current research situation, monographs and articles about core thought of the immortals thoughts are more, and research that his literature creation is still lacking. Therefore, the paper, which based on the previous cases studies, has a full exploration of the system about sendoh thought and literature creation of Baopuzi Chapter Inside.The full article consists of five parts. It includes Introduction, Text and Conclusion, and the text has three parts.Introduction:Look back on the religious literature researches which are connected with Baopuzi Chapter Inside, explain the purpose and significance of the article.Chapter one:Gehong’s life and Baopuzi and the origions of sendoh thought. Gehong’s life experience directly affected his sendoh thought formation and literary creation. And fairy alchimie thought, Confucianism and Mozi ethics thoughts, Buddhist and Metaphysics thoghts, and knowledge transmitted from family and teacher are the important origins of his sendoh thought. First, the early fairy, fairyland, alchimie thought had great influences for the formation of the Taoism. Taoist faith that is the core of the fairy workship, The image of the first source was the Ancient myths and legends. Kunlun and Penglai fairyland mythologies produced the Taolist fairyland. During the Warring States to Hanwu Emperor period, FangXian Tao had been developing. The fairy fantasy developed to the fairy alchimie. The fairy alchimie had been turned into cultivation alchimie by the Taoist immortals, and the fairy alchemist also gradually became the Taoist priest. Second, Confucianism developing affected the Taoism. During the Spring and Autumn Times, Confucius advocated "love people", put forward "benevolent government", and he also advocated "Shinto set teaching", through the religious ceremony moral enlightenment expression came out. During the Warring States period, mencius advocated Benevolent Government and Xunzi advocated Propriety and Law. In Han Dynasty, Confucian classics were interpreted again by Dong Zhongshu, and he put Confucianism to be religious, and then to promote the Confucian scholars and the alchemist flowing together. So Chen Wei classics study was on the rise and developed. To zenith period in West Han Dynasty, the whole society was enveloped in religious mysticism atmosphere. The Taoism also learned from Mozi, whose thoughts about the supernatural thought and "Offer love to everyone and do good to society" thoughts. Third, Weijin metaphysics as a kind of metaphysical ontological philosophy had produced certain effect on Taoism. In Han Dynasty, the introduction of Buddhism inspired some fairy Taoist alchemists and stimulated the further development of Taoism. Fourth, the way of the family inherits, scholar teaching and Taoist friends to Gehong’s thoughts of Confucianism and Taoism, especially Taoist thought influenced greatly. Gehong’s family generation enshrined and worshiped Tianshi Taoism, so his body had a rich Taoism background. Gehong also belonged to Dan Tripod School. His golden elixir Taoism thought came from Zuoci whose student was Gexuan, which was Gehong’s grand-grand-father. The relationship of scholar teaching made him have the thought of cultiving Taoism and administrative world. Gehong’s good friends that had the same interests of Taoism were Guopu, Ganbao and Guowen. Gehong and his fellow friends discussed not only about the fairy alchimie, but also about poems and articles. They certainly affected Gehong, and deepened the idea of living in seclusion.Chapter two:The creation of Baopuzi Chapter Inside and sendoh ideological system. After had been comprehensive considering written and survey materials, Gehong determined to build a theory system for the Taoism immortal system. He explored and explained from two aspects of the theory and method of immortal. He thought the fairy exist, sendoh could be learned, and put forward the specific immortal ways, forming the unique sendoh ideological system. Gehong’s fairy Taoist core, was to "Tao" for its highest belief and to the immortal for its highest goal. First, this paper discusses the Mystery and Tao thoughts. Gehong transformated Laozi "Tao" connotation, searching for theory for its fairy Taoist theory, thus made Taoist philosophy to be deified to become religion worship. Gehong put forward "mystery","tao" and "a" for the ontology of cosmological thought, as the phylosophical foundation of its immortality faith and alchimie theory."Mystery" is nature of all things,"tao" is a mysterious law, and "a" is a natural way. Second, the paper discusses the relationship between Confucianism and Taoism. Its main idea has three aspects:Taoism is the beginning and Confucianism is the end, Taoism is the source and Confucianism is the course, Taoism is easy and Confucianism is difficult. Gehong tried to reconcile both thoughts of Confucianism and Taoism, and claimed dual-purpose. Third, the papere discusses the ethics thought. Gehong’s Taoist thoughts learned from Confucian ethics thought:do good and make contributions, filial piety is the beginning; inside in order to put to the body and outside the thought for country; get out of the society or go into the society, get out or go into is natural. Gehong thought learning fairy and loyal offical was not contradictory, Taoist immortals were the concrete implementation of idea of Confucian filial piety. Fourth, the paper discusses the life consciousness. Taoism remarkable characteristic is to value life and hate death:feare death and live up, life commendable, my life is controlled by me. Gehong emphasized on subjective effort, beyond the boundaries of the natural life, in order to become immortal gods.Chapter three:The sendoh literary creation of Baopuzi Chapter Inside. It maily analyses three respects:strange images, gallop imagination, straight and metaphor language. On image, it has two angles which were fairies and fairylands, ghosts and magic arts. Gehong’s Baopuzi Chapter Inside created an ideal fairy world. The world had glamorous fairies, wonderful fairylands, all kinds of ghosts and spells which could lustrate evil spirit and illness. On imagine aspect, from the main religious way, such as being quiet, saving thought and the body and the spirit three angles, it analyses the unique religious practices which had the far-reaching influence to the literary creation. Religious practices, applying to the literary creation way, could inspire people’s imagination, break through spatio-temporal bounds, and creat rich imageries. On language, from straight language and metaphor two respects, it analyses the language features of nature and full of meaning. Because Baopuzi Chapter Inside is a religious works, to promote doctrines, it wanted to use the simple and natural language. And because of the particularity of religious communication, it also wanted to use some rich meaning language to express the true meaning.