Ghost reading "guǐ", quoted from Ding Zaixian and Ding Lei's "Dongyi Culture and Shandong·Interpretation of Bone Inscriptions", Chapter 19, Section 2, China Literature and History Press, February 2012 edition .
"Shuowen Jiezi", "Volume 9", "Ghost Department"·Ghost
Everyone is classified as a ghost. Follow people, like ghost heads. Ghosts and yin energy are harmful to thieves, so follow Si. All ghosts belong to ghosts. Ancient texts follow the instructions. Ju Weiqie's "Gu Wen Gui".
1. Traditional views:
Traditional science believes that ghosts are just people’s imagination and belong to idealism. Especially for atheists, they generally believe that ghosts do not really exist in reality, but only ghosts. exists in people's hearts. Science takes the material world as its research object, so traditional science is dismissive of the theory of ghosts and gods, treating them as superstition. For some theistic scientists with religious beliefs, although they believe that the soul exists after death, most of them also believe that the soul is supernatural and super-material, and cannot be studied by science.
2. Latest views:
With the continuous breakthroughs in modern physics, scientists’ views on ghosts have also changed. For example, American physicist Amit Goswami used quantum mechanics to explain spiritual entities, including ghosts, in his book "The Physics of the Soul."
The most systematic scientific explanation for ghosts, souls and other spiritual bodies is the theory of "materialism theism", which Miao Xingzhuang, a researcher at the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, wrote in the book "Exploration of Mysterious Phenomenon: Revealing the Secret of Life in the Spirit World" This was demonstrated in detail. The author believes that there is indeed a kind of substance and energy in the human body that is not yet clear to people. It cannot be seen by the naked eye and cannot be measured by existing scientific instruments. The author calls it "spirit". When the human body dies, this material leaves the body in an instant, but this material mass continues the original main structure of the human body
According to the "structure-function" principle, as long as the structure exists, the function will will exist. Therefore, after leaving the body, the "ectoplasmic mass" that maintains the main structure of the original body will also maintain some of its original functions, such as memory, thinking, etc. In this way, this "ectoplasmic mass" is still alive, which is the spirit body including "ghost".
People still don’t know exactly what the material that makes up the spirit body is. Miao Xingzhuang inferred that this material is likely to be the "dark matter" or "dark matter" that physicists are exploring. "Energy", because its characteristics are highly consistent with the characteristics of "spirit", such as invisible, extremely penetrating, very light, etc. The author believes that the "qi" mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine is probably this substance. To explain ghosts in this way, acknowledging the existence of "ghosts" does not necessarily mean idealism and superstition.
3. Relevant evidence
Some Western countries have accumulated a wealth of information on the study of spiritual bodies. Some of the evidence is very convincing and provides strong support for the existence of spiritual bodies. . These studies include research on near-death experiences, research on out-of-body souls, research on soul reincarnation, research on hypnotism, etc. Especially for the research on near-death experiences, some experimental analyzes have been very rigorous and standardized, and some papers have been published in the world's authoritative medical journal "The Lancet", such as the paper by Dutch cardiologist Rommel.
Note: Ghosts in ancient literature
"Tang Yun", "Ji Yun" and "Yun Hui" are all very strange and the sound is strange.
"Shuowen" refers to people as ghosts. Follow people, like ghost heads. Ghosts and yin energy are harmful to thieves, so follow Si.
"Erya·Shi Xun" The ghost is the return of words.
"Poetry·Xiaoya" is a ghost or a monster.
"Rites·Liyun" is listed among ghosts and gods.
《Note》The spirit of ghosts returns.
The spirit of "Liezi Tianrui Chapter" is out of shape. Each one returns to its true nature, so it is called a ghost. Ghost, return. Return to his true home. Also in "Yi Ji Ji", Gaozong's recipe for cutting down ghosts.
"Poetry·Daya" Tan and Guifang.
"Biography" Ghosts are far away. Also star name.
"Historical Records·Tianguan Shu" talks about ghosts and ghost temple affairs, and the white ones are the pledges.
"Note" Yugui has five stars, of which the white one is the quality. Also surname.
"The Records of Suburban Sacrifice in the Former Han Dynasty" The Yellow Emperor obtained the treasure tripod, and Mianhou asked about it in Guiyu District.
"Note" Huang Dichen also. Also the name of the country.
In "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", the ghost country is north of the corpse of Negative Er. Another black ghost.
"Du Fu's Poem of Relieving Mourning" Every family raises black ghosts.
"Man Sou's Poems" People in Sichuan raise pigs, and every time the pigs call, they make the sound of a black ghost, so they are called black ghosts.
The Kuizhou Picture Book of "Mengxi Bi Tan" says that people in the gorge keep cormorants and tie them with ropes around their necks to catch fish.
"Yuan Wei's Jiangling Poems" The disease caused the blackbird to become a ghost.
"Automatic Note" The southerners are infected with the disease and compete with black ghosts. Also "Yangzi·Dialect" is pious and wise. From the pass to the east, Zhao Wei's leisure is called cunning. Or called a ghost.