魏晋时期“服食之风”的起源

The Origin of the Popularization of Chinese Elixir-taking in Wei and Jin Dynasties

魏晋是我国历史发展的特殊时期,战争频仍,社会动荡不安,朝代更迭迅速,儒家思想逐渐失去统治地位,而老庄道教思想的抬头正好为服食风尚的盛行提供了基础。老庄思想影响下自由洒脱的魏晋文风更与服食风尚相辅相成,发展成为一种文化现象并达到顶峰,而当时服食风气的盛行与"药食同源"思想、神仙思想以及社会方士的宣扬息息相关。

As the special period in China’s history, Wei and Jin Dynasties were full of wars. The society was instable and dynasties were changing rapidly. Under this background, the Confucius thought was losing its dominance while Taoism was emerging, which offered the basis for the popularization of elixir-taking. Under the influence of Taoism, the free and easy written style in Wei and Jin Dynasties and elixir taking were mutually reinforcing, which gradually developed to the peak as a culture phenomenon. The popularization of elixir-taking was closely related to the thought of medicine and food having the same origin, thought of respecting immortal and the saying from the alchemist.