“婴儿”:早期道家关于本真生活的隐喻

"Baby":A Metaphor of Early Taoist True Life

“赤子”“婴儿”是早期道家的重要意象和完美象征,既是道之载体,亦是道之比喻体。作为理想人格的形象化代称,“婴儿”具有如下特性:天性完满,活力充沛,蕴含勃勃生机;超脱机心纷扰,解构分化芜杂的精神形态;作为一个可能性存在,它隐含着对可能性的肯定及未来的关注筹划。“复归于婴儿”是道家精神修为的重要课题。

"Baby"and"Chi Zi"are important images and perfect symbols of early Taoism."Baby"is both the carrier of Tao and the metaphor of Tao.As an ideal personality,"Baby"has the following characteristics:its nature is perfect,the vigor is abundant,and vitality fills up;"Baby"is detached from the mind disturbance,and deconstructs the spirit of differentiation;As an existence of possibility,“Baby”implies the affirmation of possibility and the planning and attention of future."Return to the baby"is an important subject of Taoist spiritual practice.