『여씨춘추』의 양생론과 황로학

Abstract

In this study I make an analysis of the theory of take care of one's health in Lushichunqiu(呂氏春秋) in the point of Huanglao thought. The essential contents of this essay are like this. First, the authors of Lushichunqiu(呂氏春秋) come up with an idea of life that there are no more important than oneself's life in the world. Therefore they argue that things are nothing but means to raise one's life, so we mustnot sacrifice one's life to get things. Second, the theory of take care of one's health in Lushichunqiu(呂氏春秋) can be defined as that one must try to intact and preserve one's original nature. In this theory, they argue that one must comply with one's desire on the one hand, also they argue that one must control one's desire on the other hand. Third, in Lushichunqiu(呂氏春秋) the theory of take care of one's health developed into a political philosophy. Because they thought that the principal of raising one's life and governing a country are same. So Lushichunqiu(呂氏春秋)'s political philosophy which starts from the principal of raising one's life, ultimately come to a conclusion that ruller have to govern without governing. This is the very character of Huanglao thought(黃老學).