In the traditional culture of China, health preservation has never been limited to the study of the movement, change and development of the body itself, but always organically combined with moral cultivation and the way of governing the country. "Lu Chunqiu? The first chapter mentioned:? In the past, the holy king became his body and the world became his body. He rules his body, and the world rules it. ? This view is actually a mixture of Confucianism? Cultivate one's morality, keep one's family in order, govern the country and level the world? And Taoist theory of self-cultivation, so it has extremely rich cultural connotation.
In the Confucian theory of health preservation, Confucius first proposed? Does benevolence lead to longevity? ("The Analects? Yong also), and later put forward with confidence:? Great virtue leads to longevity (Book of Rites? The doctrine of the mean) thinks that only people with high morality can live long.
The author of Huangdi Neijing accepted Confucius and Mencius' concept of health preservation. What do you think can be done? Do your best to live to 100? Most people live long because they can? Lust can't satisfy his eyes, and lust can't confuse his heart? , the so-called? Virtue without danger? . Later, China's' health experts' basically followed this idea, emphasizing that health care must be coordinated with moral cultivation. Upp, a disciple of Hua Tuo in Han Dynasty, said:? Those who are good at taking pictures can get rid of the six evils first, and then they can live a hundred years. One is fame and wealth, the other two are forbidden to belittle, the third is cheap goods, the fourth is poor taste, the fifth is hypocrisy, and the sixth is jealousy? .
In fact, good moral sentiment is indeed an important symbol of mental health, which is a necessary prerequisite for getting rid of diseases and prolonging life. Dong Zhongshu, a philosopher and hygienist in the Han dynasty, is analyzing Confucius' opinion about? Does benevolence lead to longevity? The reason has been brilliantly pointed out: Benevolent people live a long life because they are clean inside without greed, peaceful inside without losing righteousness, and the beauty of heaven and earth can support them. ? (Spring and Autumn Stories)
It must be clear that in ancient Confucianism, Nourish The purpose is not so much to preserve one's health as to rule the country and level the world. As a Confucian? Yasheng? Mencius put forward it long ago? Fix his body world is flat? Slogan, and the method of self-cultivation is? Intentional training? .
On the issue of self-cultivation, the author of The Doctrine of the Mean once put forward a meaningful? Honesty? Method:? Only when the world is sincere can we do our best; If you can do your best, you can praise the education of heaven and earth; If you can praise the cultivation of heaven and earth, you can participate in it. ? So-called? Honesty? In fact, this refers to people's cultivation, that is? Healthy? , and refers to? Nourish Its basic meaning is that the spirit is single-minded and respectful, the former emphasizes health preservation and the latter emphasizes self-cultivation. If you are insane, your consciousness can't be single-minded, which will inevitably lead to your death. This is what Zhang Jiebin, a great doctor in the Ming Dynasty, said. Nowadays, people know that abstinence is health preservation, but they don't know that the heart is moving wildly and the gas is scattered at will; Qi disperses without gathering, and essence dies of qi. ? (Jing Lei, Volume I)