An Analysis Of The Ethical Foundation And Technology Of Imperial Cultivation In Baopuzi Inner Chapter

Ge Hong was a famous Taoist in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.The founder of the Dan Ding faction,the founder of the Wei Jin Immortal Taoism,is one of the most outstanding representatives in the history of Taoism.The immortal Taoism of Wei and Jin Dynasty,which he founded,turned the early folk Taoism to the official Taoism serving the upper class.Ge Hong’s "Bao Puzi Inner Chapter" covers the fields of philosophy,religion,alchemy,chemistry,medicine,health and many other fields.It’s a book that brings together a lot of knowledge.The book mainly demonstrates the existence of immortals and the idea of immortals cultivation in Wei and Jin Dynasties.Ge Hong pays special attention to the method of cultivation,not only systematically sums up the predecessors’ cultivation techniques,but also re-architects and innovates content based on the predecessors’ cultivation theory.In the history of Taoism,Ge Hong is the first person to systematically organize Taoist cultivation methods.Therefore,it is indispensable to explore the methods of cultivation of immortals in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.This paper summarizes the method of cultivation of immortals into two aspects:ethical foundation and technology.The ethics and morality of the Taoist immortal Taoism in Ge Hong plays a fundamental role in its monastic system.If it is compared with the immortality cultivation’s technique,the importance of the ethical foundation is far better than the cultivation of immortality.Ge Hong is a staunch Taoist."Taoism is fundamental,Confucianism is small" is naturally the theoretical basis for its ethical foundation of cultivation,and from the family,personal education,social thoughts,political patterns and other situations of Wei Jin and Ge Hong,His ethical foundation of cultivation is divided into "Cultivation of both Confucian and Taoist thoughts" In essence,the ethical issue of Ge Hong’s ethical problems of immortals is still a strict pursuit of the Confucian ethics dogma.It does not deviate from the Confucian culture and talks about Taoism.Taoism is only a minor repair of Confucian culture.What’s more,Ge Hong’s system of immortal Taoism is inseparable from the Confucian theory.Taoism has a very close attachment to Confucian culture.The cultivation technique of "Bao Puzi Inner Chapter" is a concrete summary and practice of the Wei and Jin Dynasties Taoism.With alchemy as the core of immortality cultivation technology,it combines the ventilation technique,the treasure essence,the herbs and medicine of the inner cultivation,and the eliminating external evils’ technology of keep thinking and various spells,which together constitute the technical system of Multi-skill concurrent training.Among them,alchemy is the key to determine whether the technical level is immortal or not,while Multi-skill concurrent training can extends life without damage,and it is technical support for taking elixir.The cultivation of immortality is developed under the cloak of Taoist theology,and the technical preparation for the Taoist live forever and never die.The Taoist theology cannot be separated from the Confucian ethics.Therefore,when deciding the key factors of cultivation,the ethical basis is far more important.The ethical foundation of Confucianism is the first,while the alchemy and magic of immortality cultivation are the second.In addition,the Wei and Jin Dynasties Taoist cultivation system created by Ge Hong is generally absurd and untenable.However,in the cultivation techniques he listed,there are many scientifically valuable training techniques,and the science in the modern sense has been made.Great contribution,this is worth our continued research.Generally speaking,based on the history of philosophy,religion,and science and technology,The Ge Hong’s system of immortal Taoism in Wei and Jin Dynasties is a combination of ethics and cultivation techniques.Confucian ethics plays a very important role in the system of cultivation of immortals.Ancient science and technology and religious theology cannot be separated from the Confucian ethics.The Confucian ethics,Taoist theology,and the cultivation of immortal techniques are enough to form the overall appearance of the Taoist immortal Taoism.