The Evolution Of Taoism And Taoist Regimen Claims Concluded From "Huai Nan Zi" To "Bao Pu Zi"

Man’s life is transient, just as Zhuangzi once said,“man’s existence in the world is so sudden and short like a white pony passing through a gap.”based on the practical restriction of limited life, people not only pay much attention to health maintenance, but also seek ways to extend their life expectancy with strong aspiration of a longer existence. Since the ancient times, every ethnicity group in the world has their own explorations and ideas on the issues of how to live and keep healthy. Among them,our Chinese people have made prominent achievements,and formulate the complete theoretical and practical system at an early stage. The Taoist school and Taoist regimen thoughts play a particularly important part of the health system in our ancient times.At the beginning of Han dynasty, the emergence of Huai Nan Zi can be seen as an iconic monument of Taoist health maintenance thought. The work, a true masterpiece, provides a summary of the regimen thought ranging from the Pro-Qin Taoism to especially the Huanglao Taoism at the start of Han dynasty. The completion of Bao Pu Zi by GeHong in the Eastern Jin period, is not only a symbol of the maturity of Taoist theory but also a summary work of Taoist thought in regimen, particularly in the theory of immortality and becoming a god,making outstanding contribution.Based on the regimen thought of these two works, the paper gives a comparison of the Taoist academic methods and its religious modal, teasing the difference in the focus of mind and body, the relation of body healthy and state management, as well as the design of becoming immortal. Then it further discriminates the internal connections of inheriting and developing, and makes classification in several sectors, including Taoist thoughts during the pro-qin period embodied by Laozhuang Thoughts, the ones in Huai Nan Zi with a focus on Huanglao Taoism, the ones gaining popularity in Eastern and Western Han dynasties as well as Wei and Jin periods, the inheritance and development of Taoist regimen showcased in Bao Pu Zi. Thus a more clear and comprehensive picture of Taoism and its regimen thoughts in this period came out, raging from a general knowledge to practice, from the academic research to religious preach, from the spirits cultivation of intellectuals to physical care of the grassroots. Through the exploration of logic and practical necessity of Taoism and Taoist regimen from Huai Nan Zi to Bao Pu Zi, coming to the agenda is a deep probation into the general picture of the earlier regimen thoughts of Huaxia ethnic group and its interior evolution.