Abstract: The early Daoist belief of shijie（尸解） contains a unique perception and pursuit of body and life, which reflects Daoist philosophy of life with subjectivity and transcendence. Based on the early biographies of Daoist immortals, this paper explores and interprets the aesthetic ideology in the phenomenon of shijie from two aspects. First, Daoism shows a very active control aesthetic by shaping the ideal of death and corpse. Second, Daoism understands the world and interprets life through the laws of animal transformation, and creates the aesthetic image and pleasure of daofa ziran(道法自然)(Daoism follows nature) and wuwo heyi(物我合一)(Harmonization of object and ego) .

Key words: The phenomenon of shijie, The changes of the corpse, The metamorphosis of animals, Aesthetic interpretation