身体的界限

The Boundary of the Body

在早期中国遗存文献中,有五个描述身体的基本概念:"躯"几乎专指功能失常的小人之体;"形"主要指可视的形体以及赋予其外形的不可见之结构;"身"是修炼之所在,而且是社会化的建构自我;"躬"则是礼仪行为公开展示的场所。除此而外,"体"可以进行各种各样的分割和重叠,而且与饮食、食物等有关。与其他四个表现身体的词汇相比,"体"是一个与身体、家、国乃至天地万物密切关联的概念。"体"标示着一个具有模糊界限的躯体,它的边界无处不在,中心同样无处不在。

In ancient Chinese transmitted texts,there are four terms describing the body:qu almost refers to the dysfunctional bodies of the petty person;xing mainly denotes the visible form and non-visible structures that lie beneath the surface of a visible form,shen is the site of cultivation and the socially constructed self,gong can be seen as the site of publicly displayed,performed values. In addition,ti connects with foods,eating,etc. It also can be operated in various kinds of division and overlapping. Compared with the other four representing body words,ti is a word that relates to the body,family,state and things all under heaven. Consequently,ti denotes a corpus of indefinite boundaries. Its circumference is everywhere,but its center is everywhere as well.