本文以漢人生死文化尋求不朽的體系中對女性與母親的侷限為背景，從「生而死而生」的原型探索對於「不朽」的思考、對「生命的家」的歸處的理解，以及「生命的照顧者」如何成為「超越主體」的新的基礎。以兩位女性對母親之生命的回顧與省思為基礎，本文企圖對漢人祖先信仰的超越實踐提出反思，並尋求另一種以女性為主體之祖先信仰的可能性。本文企圖將母女的照顧關係以及生死超越放置在「生而死而生」的視域中，提出對於「超越」的重新思考，並討論透過自然靈性體驗與宗教信仰體驗的中介，而使得生命之超越幅度得以展開的歷程。

“Becoming ancestor” is the cultural setting of Han society to overcome the mortality of life. Men become ancestors of the family through their “innate” gender, while women’s destination of belonging must be earned through marriage and childbirth. Such patrilineal setting has become a restrictive cultural barrier for women. In order to offer a critical reflection to the limit of Han patrilineal setting, this paper attempts to explore an alternative way of transcendence based on two women’s narrative and reflection on their mothers’ life, especially the reciprocal care relation between mother and daughter, and mediation of spiritual experience in the nature. Their story-telling is discussed in the light of the archetype of life/death/life.