Study On The Image Construction Of Taoist Immortals Before Song Dynasty

Immortality is a unique cultural phenomenon in China.From the perspective of the formation process of Chinese immortality system,Taoism has made great contribution to the prosperity and development of immortality culture.From the early fairy tales to the biographies of immortals in Tang and Song Dynasties,the image of immortals is constantly enriched,the character is more and more full,and the connotation is more and more profound.Its unique and brilliant art of image construction makes the Taoist literature of immortals leave a strong color in the history of ancient Chinese literature,giving the Chinese culture a mysterious and romantic atmosphere.This thesis takes the pre song(and song)immortal biography texts of Taoism as the main research object,trying to comprehensively and deeply analyze the ideology,social origin and unique literary and artistic value of Taoist immortal image construction from the five aspects of ideological basis,development process,construction category,narrative mode and expression method.First of all,this paper explores the ideological basis ofthe construction of the image of immortals before the Song Dynasty,respectively combing and discussing the origin of the thought of immortals,the theory of the generation of immortals,and the occurrence,development and causes of the concept of the level of immortals.A strong sense of life is the fundamental driving force for the image construction of Taoist immortals.Taoism's constantly enriched and improved concept of immortals provides a specific and clear basis for the image building and the establishment of Taoist immortals system and a relatively perfect value system.Secondly,it reviews the three stages of the development of the image construction of gods before the Song Dynasty.From the birth and evolution of the images of "gods" and "immortals" in the primary stage,to the humanization and aestheticization of the images of immortals in the development stage,to the secularization and popularization of the images of immortals in the transformation stage,we can observe the motivation and logic of the image construction and evolution with the changes of the images of immortals,and explore their macro background and historical origins.Thirdly,it analyzes the category of Taoist immortal image construction.Through the analysis of the ideological basis and development of the construction of immortals,it canbe found that the three dimensions of lineage construction,appearance construction and function construction are the basic content and infrastructure of the image construction of Taoist immortals before the Song Dynasty,and reveal the essence and utilitarian characteristics of the publicity and education of Taoist Immortals literature.The fourth part focuses on the narrative mode of Taoist immortal image construction.The text construction of fairy tales before the Song Dynasty is nothing more than several plot patterns,and this type of characteristic is the inevitable result of the concept of Taoist fairy image construction first;through the mixture of historical biography,poetry,legend and other genres,the fairy tales before the Song Dynasty formed a unique "Taoist fable",reflecting the valuable innovation of Taoist literature style.Finally,the paper discusses the main ways of expression of the image construction of Taoist immortals.Romantic literary imagination,illusory artistic exaggeration and rich contrast set off a stage with strong dramatic conflict for the appearance and activities of Taoist immortals.The overall style of Taoist Immortals' biography has been built into illusory and rich,friendly and precise,realizing the unity of religious propaganda and aesthetic education of TaoistImmortals' construction.This paper holds that the image construction of Taoist immortals before the Song Dynasty is a religious literary creation that fully embodies the concept of Taoist immortals and social psychological needs.As the main carrier of Taoist immortals,it forms a magical and magnificent landscape in ancient Chinese literary creation.It reflects the interaction of Taoist religious propaganda,mind soothing function and the public's yearning for longevity and peace It is a valuable combination of Taoist mysticism ideology and ancient Chinese Romanticism Literature.It is a unique artistic innovation with the combination of historical biography,poetry,legend and other literary styles of "Taoist fable".A deep understanding of the nature of the image construction of Taoist immortals and its ideological and artistic value is of great significance to the exploration of Taoist literature The ideological and artistic value of fairy culture and the promotion of Chinese traditional culture are of great significance.