The Dispel Lofty And Rebuild Faith- Comparative Research Of Taoism In The Golden Lotus And A Dream In Red Mansions

The Golden Lotus and A Dream in Red Mansions are two peaks in the classic novel, this article attempts through the perspective of Taoism compare these two works. It can be explain in the article that sublime of Taoism in The Golden Lotus is disappear, but rebuilt the belief i n A Dream in Red Mansions. The elaboration of this paper is under the cultural background of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism these three kinds of religions fuse in the Ming and Qin g dynasty, in which the status of Taoism in vernacular novel has changed a lot. It has experien ced the development process from serious reverence to the banter negative. The papers expou nded by three aspects of Taoism activities, Taoism figures and Taoism thought. In aspect of Ta oism activities, Taoist activities in the two works are false and deceptive, only possess form w ithout really solve the actual needs of citizens. Therefore, unable to bear the public expect of t hese two works.In the aspect of Taoist figures, Taoism became a tools dally with by secular pe ople and it lost protection action in The Golden Lotus. So it failure to live up to religious funct ion and nobility is reduced. Except the secular world there is also another ideal world exist in A Dream in Red Mansions. In the ideal world, the author created high-priced morality with di vinity and transcendence, faith was established.In the aspect of Taoism thought, in The Golde n Lotus, Taoist secular pleasure-seeking evolved into extreme ultimately and eventually le ad to death, kindness and wickedness is not carried through troubled, the author expose critica l of Taoism and few positive praise, nobility is also disappear thoroughly. In A Dream in Red Mansions the author established an ideal world in order to ensconce ideal, embodies the Taois t to degrees of the secular world people also fully realize its religious function, the author’s att itude to Taoism is more sublimate their own ideal and faith be re-established.Paper finally em phasize the significance of ideology with the perspective of the development of Taoist culture in late Ming dynasty to the middle period of Qing dynasty, then put the research under backgr ound of Taoism culture and ideology. This paper is not only a literature research, but also a ne w perspective that useful to research Taoism and ideological in Ming and Qing dynasty in a m eticulous and intensive way.