对于道教玄妙而深奥的理论,宋人可能知之甚少,甚或完全无知,但他们却非常熟悉道教的各种外在仪式。随着道士和信奉道教之人大量渗透到民间,普通百姓不仅接触且逐渐接受了道教神秘而诡异的各种道术。在宋代,供奉道教神像的现象并不罕见,人们生老病死的过程似乎都有道教的踪影。在很多宋人心目中,道术有着无比神奇的力量,不仅 For Taoist mystical and esoteric theories, Song people may or may not know very well, but they are very familiar with various external rituals of Taoism. As the priests and those who believe in Taoism have infiltrated a large number of ordinary people, ordinary people have not only contacted and gradually accepted the Taoist mysterious and strange Taoism. In the Song Dynasty, it was not uncommon to worship Taoist statues. The process of people’s death and illness seems to have been traced back to Taoism. In many Song people’s minds, Taoism has a miraculous power, not only