本文追求跨文化哲學思考，聚焦於藝術實踐如何可能開展修養工夫上的效能比一問題。首先從身體現象學來探究書法上的運筆模式，尤其是從現象學角度闡明「收」、「迋」、「澀」等書寫手段，並凸顯身體模擬與倫理學之間的關聯，以揭示書法如何可能成為一種轉化性修養工犬。再者，根據〈莊子〉更深入彰顯藝術實踐與倫理關懷之間的聯繫，並闡明「逆轉收回」這種特殊運動模式均對生活態度、生活行為所具有之意義。最後，本文嘗試將海德格所追求的「轉折」落實於具有倫理意蘊的「泰然任之」這種生活態度上，解釋此「轉折」如何經由藝術實踐上「逆轉收回」的方式來獲得具體滋養。

This paper pursues a transcultural reflection on possible relations between artistic practice and ethical cultivation. First there is given an investigation, from the stance of a phenomenology of the body, into peculiar kinds of moving the brush in the Chinese art of writing, especially the so-called ”collecting”, ”reversing”, and ”resisting” patterns in executing the brushstroke. Thus it is pleaded for bodily mimesis involved in the art of writing, as a kind of transformative exercise. In a second step, this thesis is further confirmed by adducing evidence from the ”Zhuang Zi”, in order to show that there is an intrinsic connection between artistic performance and ethical self-cultivation. Finally, an attempt is made at putting this art of ”reverting and taking back” into relation with the late Heidegger's thought on the Kehre and the Gelassenheit.