Bao Puzi is a Taoist classic edited by Ge Hong in Jin Dynasty. Bao Puzi's internal and external articles * * * total 8 volumes, and 20 internal articles discuss the art of encouraging immortals to breathe and exhale; 50 foreign articles discuss the gains and losses of current politics, with obscure personnel, well-defined words and well-founded names.
Ge Hong (about 283 ~ 363) was born in Jurong, Danyang (now Jiangsu). Taoists, Taoists, alchemists, doctors and scientists in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Ge Hong was born in Jiangnan. Ge Hong/Kloc-lost his father at the age of 0/3, and his family came down. Ge Hong, from the age of 16, has been well-read in classics, history and hundreds of schools, and is famous for Confucianism. Later, he studied Taoism with alchemist Andrew.
In the second year of Tai 'an in the Western Jin Dynasty (303), Zhang Chang and Shi Bing revolted in Yangzhou. Gu Mi, the viceroy, appointed Ge Hong as the general, and was moved by Fu Bo, the general, for his meritorious service in defeating Shi Bing. After the uprising was put down, abandon Ge and release Jia. In the first year of Yongxing (304), I went to Luoyang to search for different books to broaden my knowledge. During the Eight Kings Rebellion, he was displaced from place to place in Xu, Yu and other countries, suffering from war, so he was negative and cynical, and sprouted the idea of living in the mountains for health. After four years of lite (3 16), I returned to my hometown.
Ge Hong's Character Works
Ge Hong wrote a lot in his life, and Bao Puzi is his masterpiece. This book is divided into two parts: inside and outside. The inner chapter consists of 20 volumes, discussing the immortal prescriptions, preserving health and prolonging life, eliminating evil but eliminating evil, and summarizing the immortal prescriptions before the Jin Dynasty, including keeping one, promoting qi and guiding. , accumulated valuable information for medicine; External chapter, 50 volumes, discusses the gains and losses of the world, the world is obscure, and expounds its social and political views. This book links the theory of immortal Taoism with Confucianism, and integrates the two philosophical systems of Confucianism and Taoism for the first time.
The appearance of Bao Puzi had a far-reaching impact on the development of Taoism. In addition, there are inscriptions and poems 100 volumes, 30 volumes of chapter notes on the art of war, immortal biography 10 volumes and recluse biography 10 volumes. He also copied the words of a hundred schools of thought from the Five Classics and Seven History, and asked for 3 10 volume "The Art of War". In addition, there are "synopsis of the golden chamber" 100 volume and "elbow backup emergency prescription" 4 volumes. However, many people died, and the Orthodox Taoist Collection and the Wanli Continuing Taoist Collection collected 13 kinds of works.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Ge Hong.