道教与中国古代的寄生虫学

Taoism and Parasitology in Ancient China

基于"三尸"信仰的道教修仙逻辑驱使古代道士在与驱除"尸虫"相关的生命炼养探索中,发展出一套相当完整的人体寄生生物学,且达到"微虫说"之深度。以《太上除三尸九虫保生经》为代表的道教寄生虫学著作,体现了唐末五代以前中国在寄生生物学、病原学和微生物学领域所取得的最高科学成就。

Prompted by the idea of immortal cultivation grounding on ＂three corpse worms＂ belief,the ancient Chinese Taoists developed an intact system of human parasitology and even penetrated into the area of ＂microworms.＂ The Taoist works on parasitology represented by Taishang chu Sanshijiuchong baosheng jing（Taoist health-preserving classics of driving out three corpse worms） were China＇s greatest scientific achievements in the fields of parasitology,aetiology and mircobiology before the late Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties.