The Resarch Of Tao Hongjing’s Taoism Health Theory

As an important person connecting the past and the future in the history of Taoist Culture,Tao Hongjing’s philosophy contains Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism.In his early political career,he still firmly believe that emperor should letting things take their own course but courtiers should do more things.However he prefer Taoist hermits,according to his attitude towards life and value orientation.When he failed to seek official position,his theory of Tao and life changed greatly.Which on a Tao,he insisted on Tao is the origin and the essence of Tao is true.The theory of Tao is the basis for become an immortal.Tao Hongjing also emphasized the theory of “life being merged into Dao”.Tao Hongjing attachesd importance to care of flesh and spirit.But the thought of imperishable spirit impact of Taoist theory,so that Tao Hongjing changed the path,from the perspective of metaphysical,approvaled flesh is immortal.This thought,which answered the question of empiricism,become the center of health cultivable thought.He proposed two principles of health cultivable thought: one is the law of cultivable mind that has peaceful heart and natural no-action,the other is the law of cultivable body that advocates one’s habit in eating and sleeping should be controlled by oneself.Tao Hongjing’s Qi theory also is the rationale of Taoist regimen practice.By paying attention to the Qi from the internal and external,Tao Hongjing put forward the way of keeping healthy about Qi.In this chapter,Tao Hongjing emphasized the the meditation(cun si)of the Shangqing Taosim.In the Sangqing School,it imposed traditional notions of Dao and Qi,assumed two different combinations in space and in time.And the inner world of the individual is internalized by the external perception of the body and mind.Tao Hongjing also systematically discussed the “Six Words”for the first time,which promoted the development of breathing technique in China.Tao Hongjing’s theory of fate is to release the antagonism between “heaven power”and “human power”,to stabilize the legitimacy of the belief of the gods with“natural life”,and to insist on “self’s life” encourages the pursuit of health.The criterion of human life is karma.This theory of responsibility directly relates the individual moral behavior to the family.Tao Hongjing,as a Taoist priest,had a great political influence,and the maoshan sect became a religious group assisting the emperor rule.Tao Hongjing’s personal social behavior also demonstrates another way between Taoist health preservation and social environment,that is,monasticism caninfluences politics.Tao Hongjing always want to break life limited,pursuiting the perfect personality.Although Tao Hongjing’s attitude towards religion has changed,his concern for the reality and his advice on people’s moral behavior are of great significance to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.His health philosophy thought has the high degree to the life length and the quality concern,his Taoism health philosophy thought contained the hereditary gentry’s purist and the yin-yang mystery.His theory has his own aesthetic taste and his own spiritual appeal of The Times.The study of Tao Hongjing’s Taoist health philosophy helps us to understand the process and significance of the development of the shangqing sect into the maoshan sect.