本文以臺灣傳統民搶建築為出發點，以西方思想為參照，反觀中國古代獨特的縱體觀念，徵古以衡今，探討臺灣傳統民居建築所體現的身體觀。中透過身體觀的諸層次與不同面向，包括：意識的身觀、形軀的身體觀、精氣化行的身體觀、社會文化的身體觀等，列舉宅體與身體之對應關係，探討身體觀的轉化與投射的思維，瞭解隱藏在臺灣傳統民居建築中的深層意涵與文化涵構。整體而言，宅體與身體類比應合之後，能賦予空間特定的擬人化性格，有了人的屬性後，即能賦予空間或建築吉凶判別的依據。中國傳統身體觀的內在思維，透過轉化與詮釋的過程，形成天人類比、天人合一、氣論等觀點，投射至實質環境中，是整個大自然或傳統建築被視為充滿著「氣」流動、交替的能量場所。從身體到時間、空間、天地、萬物等皆可從「身體」的特有認知方法出發，並且完成一個可分述，卻也能形成整體性的總體認知；「身體」與「宇宙」之間建立出的秩序與符號表達，即是傳統文化內涵融合的體現。

　　　　　This paper discusses the ideas of human body upon the Taiwanese vernacular dwellings and intends to explore the cultural deep meanings within those buildings. Many traditional artisans analogized the images of human body to the dwellings extensively, such as layout, form shaping, terminology, and construction taboos. The analogy between a building's form and human body not only provides the anthropomorphized characteristics of building be auspicious or not. Furthermore, the naming system of spaces based on the image of human body lets people feel familiar and make linkage between their feelings and livings. It can become a reality to the liver and also represent the thought of self-centralization form the relationship between self (liver) and world (dwelling) form the ideas of body upon the Taiwanese vernacular dwellings.