英文摘要
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As it is common that contemporary academic researches focused on life exploration begin from the Western view of human body, this article is to make an analysis of the thoughts of Taoist Laotze accordingly with the expectation that the inner nature structure and the value materialization Laotze sees in oneself could be interpreted from a different prospect.
In the first place, as we study the concept of body referred in Laotze, we come to be aware of the fact that it covers the spiritual-material unity, which matches the understandings registered in ancient books and literatures discussing meanings of body, when tangible forms and spirit are one suggesting a major concern about existence of the entire life back in the days of Laotze. The segregation of the physic from the spiritual came after Laotze, something that explains the logic evolution of thoughts. Secondly, this work brings in comparisons between the body and the doctrine, the two closely bonded elements in Laotze, making them a solid ground that guides people toward the doctrine by means of culturing their body. Further, we are also trying to break down Laotze's views on the physical, spiritual and breath that are the basic elements to human body. Nevertheless, what Taoist Laotze does care is the passage from tangible to intangible. As Laotze once said: The tangible body is our major concern and, without it, we would have no concerns. Without ignoring the physical observation of the doctrine from tangible to intangible of Laotze, we have highlighted 2 ways of learning the doctrine: learning the thinking of observing emptiness and polishing oneself in a calm and quiet manner and finally we like to point out that the Laotze thoughts reflect an evolution of open dialectic development between the body and the doctrine.
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