The weather is hot and cold. In fact, my husband's hair of joys and sorrows is always the same as that of clearing heat and dispelling cold. Happiness in spring is warm, anger in autumn is clear, happiness in summer is sunshine, and sadness in winter is the moon. The four qi, heaven and man have the same, non-human can also exist, so it can exist and be deeply applied. Smooth the festival, stop it and chaos.

Life is born in the sky, I like spring, I like summer, I like autumn, I like winter, and my heart is full of energy.

What spring loves, what autumn is strict, what summer enjoys, and what winter worries. Love life, be strict with success, be happy with health, be sad about loss, and be determined by heaven ... spring is the main life, summer is the main cultivation, autumn is the main harvest, and winter is the main storage.

(Wang Daotong in the Spring and Autumn Period)

Love is in spring, ambition is also; Xiale, stop there; Autumn is strict, ambition is also; Winter worries, ambition also. So love is strict, happiness is sad, and the four seasons are also ... the sun in spring and summer, the yin in autumn and winter, not only in the sky, but also in people ... The sky has joys and sorrows, and people also have the spirit of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

("Spring and Autumn Stories, Heaven Divides into People")

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It is natural that the weather is sunny, warm and cold. People have joys and sorrows, but they can't stop them. Dong Zhongshu's emphasis on "smooth exercise" is actually based on the theory of "the joys and sorrows of the golden mean".

Dong Shi also compared the qi of spring, summer, autumn and winter with the "four qi hearts" of love, joy, strictness and sorrow. In fact, the so-called love of spring, the joy of summer, the strictness of autumn and the sadness of winter are all changes in people's spiritual feelings caused by the natural phenomenon of long spring and long summer, and the harvest of autumn and winter storage, which is also called "touching the scene."

However, it can also be seen that the influence of natural environment on people's body and mind is quite obvious. "Su Wenyin, Yang Yingxiang" said: "There are four seasons and five elements growing and gathering in the sky, resulting in hot and cold weather; Only when people have five internal organs and five qi can they have emotions. " Therefore, the ancients paid attention to "four qi regulating the spirit" in health preservation.

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"Huainan Miao Zi Cheng Xun": "Spring girls think, Qiu Ren is sad."