The Daoist Shangqing School's Meditation from the Phenomenological Perspective: Taking the Method of "Swallowing the Qi of the Sun" from the Lingshu Ziwen Shangjing as an Example

Abstract

The phenomenological perspective provides us with a new outlook on ancient Chinese studies. Many traditional thoughts and practices, which have been conceptualized and empirically viewed as primitive, simple, and lacking in rational depth for over a century by Western conceptual and empirical approaches, now have the potential for new interpretation and understanding. As the most significant cultivation practice of the Daoist Shangqing School, the Meditation (cun si) serves to continuously adjust the consciousness and sensory state of individuals, enhancing and stabilizing the momentum of the formation and composition of the "body-field", thus laying a solid foundation for connecting to deeper and broader possibilities of life.