Health is the first priority in life, and all achievements can only be achieved on the basis of good health. A person can exchange his efforts for career achievements, but it is difficult to change his physical condition. When he is in poor health, efforts will have little effect.

Therefore, it is the most important thing in life to take care of your body in time and let yourself have a healthy body. While creating achievements, we should also maintain our health.

Zeng Guofan is quite insightful about the way of keeping in good health. In his letters, he mentioned the wisdom of keeping healthy many times.

For example, Zeng Guofan said: "The most important thing for health preservation is to follow six rules: take a thousand steps after meals, wash your feet before going to bed, have no stimulation in your chest, sit quietly regularly, practice archery regularly, eat plain rice at dawn and never touch a bowl of vegetables."

These are Zeng Guofan's unique views on the way of keeping in good health, which have been mentioned many times in his family letters. I hope my family and the younger generation can fulfill this wisdom and let themselves have a good body.

First: Rest assured.

Zeng Guofan put it this way: "You must rest assured, don't be angry, don't be afraid, and always put sleep first."

This sentence means: you must relax and recuperate quietly, don't be angry with yourself, don't be afraid, and always take sleeping with peace of mind as the most important thing.

Mood is a very important factor for people, which not only affects their consciousness, but also affects their body.

A person who is happy every day, his health will be better than those who are sad all day, so Zeng Guofan said that don't make yourself angry and anxious, and don't be afraid. It is the most important thing to sleep well every day.

Many people can't sleep well in life, they are always thinking about sad things, and they are still angry about some inexplicable things when they sleep, which is very serious torture to their lives.

Let nature take its course, live a down-to-earth life, eat and sleep, feel better, and your body will naturally get better slowly.

Don't punish yourself with other people's mistakes. Even if you are angry in life, you should cultivate it naturally. When you are angry with others' mistakes, you will hurt yourself twice with others' mistakes, which is very uneconomical.

Second: conform to nature.

This law of conforming to nature is the wisdom that Zeng Guofan learned from Zhuangzi's thought.

In Taoist thought, it is often said that life should conform to nature, and it is also true for the body. Many people will take supplements for no reason, such as taking some supplements that they think are good or taking some drugs that they think are right, which is very serious damage to their health.

Zeng Guofan said: "Although I am weak and sick, I should only rest in peace, and it is not easy to attack and cure."

This sentence means that weakness is only suitable for rest, not for indiscriminate medication.

Zhuangzi once said: "I only heard that people in the world are comfortable and comfortable, but I didn't hear that they want to rule the world." This sentence means to conform to nature.

Su Dongpo also takes this way as his own health preservation method, conforms to the natural life, and does not supplement his body with something he shouldn't have. Even if he thinks he's fine, it's not very helpful to his health, but it's harmful to his health because of eating indiscriminately.

To sum up these two points mentioned by Zeng Guofan, it is to conform to one's own mood and make one's breath smooth, instead of doing something rash to one's body and adapting to the natural development and changes of the body, instead of deliberately taking supplements or taking medicine indiscriminately. This is the best maintenance for your body.