试论道教“立善修德”思想及其影响

Good Virtue and Moral Integrity: Influence of Taoist Ideas upon The Mirror and Flowers

清人李汝珍于儒、释、道无所不窥,在《镜花缘》中表现出他深受道教观念的影响,而立善修德是其思想核心所在。《镜花缘》中道教的立善修德是由对凡俗人生的否弃开始的,以唐敖等人游历海外的奇闻逸事影射并否弃天朝现实,以唐闺臣为首的群芳命运的无常空幻来否弃现实的凡俗人生,这些都昭示《镜花缘》深受道教思想的影响。

Li Ruzhen, a novelist in the Qing Dynasty with profound knowledge of Confucianism and Taoism, displays his deep influence by the Taoist ideas in the novel The Mirror and Flowers. As the core of his Taoist ideas, good virtue and moral integrity is a negation of the extant life. For instance, Tang Ao's travel and his interesting episodes therein is a negation of the imperial court and the unpredictable fate of Tang Guichen implies the denial of extant life. All these show that the novel is deeply influenced by Taoist ideas.