自然與文化之會通—太極拳身體的內外交融

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摘 要

人是同時具備自然與文化的有機體，但其交融會通卻鮮少被適當闡述。本文發現，透過太極拳訓練可以找到一條融合自然與文化的道路。本研究以傳統太極武者以及堅持傳統太極修煉法的現代人為研究對象，並以他們的相關文本及身體經驗為入手資料，經由「體驗」與「還原」方法逐步考察，建構出傳統太極拳的訓練模式、古代太極武藝修煉者的經驗結構、以及循古法練習的現代人的感受架構，最後發現太極拳內外交融的機制，是達成自然與文化會通的關鍵。

Abstract

Human organism has both natural and cultural characters simultaneously. The interconnection between the two was actually seldom suitably elaborated. This article discovered that training by Tai-Chi Quan may find a way to connect the nature and the culture. The targets of this study is traditional Tai-Chi masters and modern people who insist traditional Tai-Chi training method. Based on their related text and body experience, we inspected step by step through “the body experience” and “the return to original state”, and then built the traditional Tai-Chi Quan training pattern, traditional Tai-Chi masters practice experience structure, and modern people feeling structure by following the traditional Tai-Chi Quan training method. Finally, this research discovered that the fusion between the inner and the outer of Tai-Chi Quan body is the key to achieve integration smoothly into the nature and the culture.