《西游记》道教评点本再解读

清代先后出现过六家以金丹之道评点小说《西游记》的评点本,六家评点本有一个清晰的发展过程。指出道教内丹修炼的要旨,批驳内丹学之外的一切旁门左道,借助五行和《易经》的义理和卦象阐释金丹之道,这构成了《西游记》道教评点本的主要内容。《西游记》小说回目和文本中大量的宗教术语和诗词,是评点者以宗教眼光看待和评点《西游记》的最表层化的因素;中国文人以文证道的思维模式,是更为深入的内在原因;评点者身份的改变及其思维的进一步道教化、非文学化,是《西游记》评本道教化的内在动力;《西游记》道教评点本对内丹学的阐释也是清代道教总体衰微、而内丹学却特盛的体现。

An Exploration of the Taoist Annotated Versions of The Pilgrimage to the West

There appeared altogether six annotated versions of The Pilgrimage to the West from a Taoist approach in the Qing Dynasty.Those versions are characterized by the use of five elements and the principles in the Book of Changes to explore the Taoist decree of inner elixir.In the novel itself,the large number of religious terms and poems are the surface elements that led to the annotators' religious insights and comments,and the Chinese way of thinking is root.The interpretation of the decree of inner elixir in the Taoism-based annotation of The Pilgrimage to the West was a clear sign of the decline of Taoism and the boom of the decree of inner elixir in the Qing Dynasty.