A strong sense of life anxiety is the prerequisite and context of Taoist pursuit of leisure.The Taoist anxiety is mainly about death,or rather life and death,and the scarcity of leisure in life.To transcend the anxiety is to attain the harmony of body and mind.Therefore,Taoist pursuit of leisure is aimed at the body-and-mind harmony,which can be achieved at two different levels:the immortal level as the ultimate ideal,and the worldly level in practical life.The t...