A Vacant Chamber Gives Birth to Light:Spiritual Reclusion and Spiritual Reclusive Space of Zhuangzi
The study of Zhuangzi's concept of reclusion is thorough.The spatial attributes of spiritual reclusion are often downplayed.Zhuangzi's spiritual space preserves the essence of life,referring to the mystical union between the life entity and the Dao.It manifests concretely in two forms of spatiotemporal transformation:"the wandering of the perfected person"and"the age of supreme virtue".The main methods to achieve this are Daoist body cultivation practices such as"xinzhai"and"zuowang",thereby achieving"A vacant chamber gives birth to light"and obtaining the experience of"Empty yourself and wander the world."
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