지원사업
학술연구/단체지원/교육 등 연구자 활동을 지속하도록 DBpia가 지원하고 있어요.
커뮤니티
연구자들이 자신의 연구와 전문성을 널리 알리고, 새로운 협력의 기회를 만들 수 있는 네트워킹 공간이에요.
초록· 키워드
오류제보하기
Various religious traditions in the world have their own unique view of religious scriptures. Generally, a religion such as Christianity, Islam or Judaism, emphasizing the revelation of the Absolute (Allah or God), attaches an utmost value to its scripture, Qur'an of Islam, in particular, possesses absolute value and authority itself. Such religion as described above deems its scripture(s) as records of revelation of the Absolute. On the other hand, scripture is construed as human text harboring human deliberation, not God's Words, in cases of such religions as Buddhism or Confucianism, which place more emphasis on the Individual (i.e. the sage)'s superb religious experience, deliberation and wisdom than the revelation of divine being, and exert efforts to turn valuable teachings of sages to deed in his or her religious(or daily) life. Accordingly, in this case, the interpretation of scriptures is relatively flexible when compared to the first mentioned religions as above. It should be further noted, in case of religious traditions such as Zen Buddhism, with a negative point of view against expression of the religious deliberation being expressed in a human language, As Scripture loses its authority along with devaluation of language. As seen above, it can be derived that authority of scripture may vary from a religion to a religion depending on levels of understanding as to the religious experiences and expressions thereof and is, furthermore, interlinked to view of language of the religion concerned. Moreover, attitude toward Scripture is closely linked to how each religion views a world and salvation.
The view of scripture, i.e. attitude toward authority of scripture or standpoint as to interpretation of scripture, varies from religious tradition to religious tradition. Even within the same religious tradition, the view of scripture may be determined by era and religious denominations. It is noteworthy that Taoism does not have standard view of scriptures itself. The characteristics of Taoism, i.e. a religion of interwoven complexity and high flexibility, are reflected on formation and understanding of its scripture. Taoist Canon(『道藏』), a massive accumulation of texts, is a collection of numerous texts with far-reaching diversity. All in all, scripture of Taoism may be characterized by diversity and flexibility.
It would be worthwhile to identify a common factor behind consolidation of numerous Taoist texts of such diversity into one. It can be derived that Taoist texts are based on the metaphysics and cosmology centered on Tao and Qi (i.e. Breath, or Energy). The cosmology, involving a process starting from Tao(i.e. the One, the matrix of the whole universe) to creation of a myriad of things via a medium of Qi serves a framework to build a fundamental structure for religious practices of Taoism. Taoist endeavors to revert the process of such creation (i.e. from a myriad of things to Tao) as part of effort to reach the mystical union with Tao. The mechanism involving creation of all things based on Tao and Qi and circulation thereof serves as a fundamental basis to support all the doctrines and facilitate religious practices of Taoism. As seen above, with a common theoretical framework, each denomination of Taoism documented its own texts and the view of scriptures during a particular time period while other denomination pursued its own way.
As a prime example, we can find two different views of taoist scripture as follows: First, a group of traditions, such as Shangqing Tradition, Lingbao Tradition and Celestial Masters Tradition, deems scripture to hale a divine origin and power. Such traditions recognize that scriptures are literal expressions of Tao, i.e. the Primordial Chaos of nondifferentiation, Hundun(混沌), and believe that scriptures are sacred things which manifest the Sacred itself and possess sacred power themselves. Absolute authority is granted to scriptures in cases of such traditions.
In contrast, a group of Inner Alchemy traditions(內丹道) such as Quanzhen Tradition(全眞敎) places heavier weight on a practical value of scriptures than absolute authority thereof. The underlying concept is that scripture is something that presents a gateway to Tao but distinguished from Tao due to its inherent limitations as it is structured in character letters of a human. In this regard, scripture may be treated as auxiliary means to accomplish religious goals. The practices of adepts are stressed more than reliance on teaching of scripture. As seen above, different attitudes toward scripture may be interlinked with understanding of character letters or languages. Furthermore, it may have an inter-linkage with understanding of salvation whether to be fulfilled via divine power or own efforts exerted by a human.
In conclusion, authority and status of Taoist texts differs from one to another, lacking consistency. In comparison with other religious traditions, Taoism permits free and flexible interpretation of scriptures. Free interpretation of scriptures even led to variation and recreation of scripture. Such tolerance shows flexibility of Taoism but may from time to time threaten identity of Taoism. Yet such tolerance was a driving power to produce Taoist thoughts in abundance. Taoist Cannon(『道藏』) can be compared to an colorful and splendid picture books, which visualize and actualize religious yearnings and desires of Taoists, mostly stemming from tolerance associated with Taoism.
The view of scripture, i.e. attitude toward authority of scripture or standpoint as to interpretation of scripture, varies from religious tradition to religious tradition. Even within the same religious tradition, the view of scripture may be determined by era and religious denominations. It is noteworthy that Taoism does not have standard view of scriptures itself. The characteristics of Taoism, i.e. a religion of interwoven complexity and high flexibility, are reflected on formation and understanding of its scripture. Taoist Canon(『道藏』), a massive accumulation of texts, is a collection of numerous texts with far-reaching diversity. All in all, scripture of Taoism may be characterized by diversity and flexibility.
It would be worthwhile to identify a common factor behind consolidation of numerous Taoist texts of such diversity into one. It can be derived that Taoist texts are based on the metaphysics and cosmology centered on Tao and Qi (i.e. Breath, or Energy). The cosmology, involving a process starting from Tao(i.e. the One, the matrix of the whole universe) to creation of a myriad of things via a medium of Qi serves a framework to build a fundamental structure for religious practices of Taoism. Taoist endeavors to revert the process of such creation (i.e. from a myriad of things to Tao) as part of effort to reach the mystical union with Tao. The mechanism involving creation of all things based on Tao and Qi and circulation thereof serves as a fundamental basis to support all the doctrines and facilitate religious practices of Taoism. As seen above, with a common theoretical framework, each denomination of Taoism documented its own texts and the view of scriptures during a particular time period while other denomination pursued its own way.
As a prime example, we can find two different views of taoist scripture as follows: First, a group of traditions, such as Shangqing Tradition, Lingbao Tradition and Celestial Masters Tradition, deems scripture to hale a divine origin and power. Such traditions recognize that scriptures are literal expressions of Tao, i.e. the Primordial Chaos of nondifferentiation, Hundun(混沌), and believe that scriptures are sacred things which manifest the Sacred itself and possess sacred power themselves. Absolute authority is granted to scriptures in cases of such traditions.
In contrast, a group of Inner Alchemy traditions(內丹道) such as Quanzhen Tradition(全眞敎) places heavier weight on a practical value of scriptures than absolute authority thereof. The underlying concept is that scripture is something that presents a gateway to Tao but distinguished from Tao due to its inherent limitations as it is structured in character letters of a human. In this regard, scripture may be treated as auxiliary means to accomplish religious goals. The practices of adepts are stressed more than reliance on teaching of scripture. As seen above, different attitudes toward scripture may be interlinked with understanding of character letters or languages. Furthermore, it may have an inter-linkage with understanding of salvation whether to be fulfilled via divine power or own efforts exerted by a human.
In conclusion, authority and status of Taoist texts differs from one to another, lacking consistency. In comparison with other religious traditions, Taoism permits free and flexible interpretation of scriptures. Free interpretation of scriptures even led to variation and recreation of scripture. Such tolerance shows flexibility of Taoism but may from time to time threaten identity of Taoism. Yet such tolerance was a driving power to produce Taoist thoughts in abundance. Taoist Cannon(『道藏』) can be compared to an colorful and splendid picture books, which visualize and actualize religious yearnings and desires of Taoists, mostly stemming from tolerance associated with Taoism.
목차
Ⅰ. 들어가는 말
Ⅱ. 종교와 경전
Ⅲ. 중국의 ‘經’과 ‘經典’
Ⅳ. 도교에서의 경전
Ⅴ. 맺는말
【참고문헌】
Abstract
참고문헌 (0)
참고문헌 신청함께 읽어보면 좋을 논문
논문 유사도에 따라 DBpia 가 추천하는 논문입니다. 함께 보면 좋을 연관 논문을 확인해보세요!
-
천서(天書)인가 인서(人書)인가 －도교 경전의 특수성과 대중화 문제에 대한 소고－
도교문화연구
2019 .05
-
The Relation Between Origins of Religious Taoism and Philosophical Taoism
도교문화연구
1987 .12
-
Taoism and Taoists : Its Essence and Development
Korea Journal
1986 .05
-
Taoism and Taoists : Its Essence and Development
도교문화연구
1987 .12
-
백제문화의 도교적 요소
한국고대사연구
2011 .12
-
도교와 중국의 현대화
도교문화연구
2005 .04
-
论道家和道教的公益慈善伦理思想
철학논총
2014 .04
-
시간의 경전 외 1편
시조시학
2009 .09
-
도교 문학에 나타난 생태 여성주의
도교문화연구
2017 .11
-
도교에서 기와 몸 – 道氣論을 중심으로 –
동양철학연구
2018 .01
-
권근權近의 도교 인식과 청사
국학연구
2020 .03
-
Arthur Sze’s Taoist Poetic
영어영문학21
2013 .01
-
위대한 ≪중국, 중국인≫: 린위탕 스타일 -상호보완으로서의 유교와 도교-
중국어문학
2017 .01
-
[논문] 1920년대 천도교계의 민족운동 연구
역사와현실
1998 .12
-
唐代 道教의 몇가지 경향들 : 唐제국의 종교정책과 上清派 도교의 주변
역사와 세계
1993 .06
-
한국 도교 설화의 현세성과 초월성 : 문헌설화를 중심으로
국제언어문학
2014 .04
-
고소설의 원형적 텍스트로서의 『도장』(道藏) 연구 시론
인문논총
2013 .01
-
Current State and Trends of Taoist Studies in The West (1991)
도교문화연구
1992 .12
이 논문의 저자 정보
이 논문과 함께 이용한 논문
최근 본 자료
댓글(0)
0
UCI(KEPA) : I410-ECN-0101-2010-240-002296178