《老子》之“身”辨:“有身”“无身”与“为身”

On the Idea of Body in Laozi: Body, Bodilessness and Bodiless Body

在老子以气构生的有机身体观及身物关系格局中,甄别形躯之身与精神之身并非是老子论身的关键;在目、心、志与腹、骨、气的对照关系中,老子有着对身体主体构成及其价值指向的贞认。以"无身"为身,勘破现实之身在形塑过程中的失真状态,消解形塑现实之身的价值属性,以回复身体之自然原初状态为终极诉求,建构老子理想之身;以"无身"为身所实现的消解与构建揭示出老子身体观的价值旨趣。

In Laozi's idea of organic body and of the body-thing relation, we should recognize that the key is not the distinction between physical body and spiritual body. Then we should scrutinize the construction and the value of body-subject in the contrast between eyes, mind, will and stomach, bone and breath. The knowledge of physical distortion and the deconstruction of physical body ultimately are intended to recover the body's natural state and to construct Laozi's ideal body. The bodiless body demonstrates the value of Laozi's idea of body.