Then, according to historical records, as early as the Qin Dynasty, the Chinese people made an in-depth study on the health care medicine of invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation. Cao Cao once wrote in "Longevity of Turtles": The blessing of nurturing grace can last for thousands of years. "
This can also be pointed out from the side. In fact, Cao Cao also understands that keeping in good health is very effective for prolonging life, and it is very obvious to achieve the effect of prolonging life through appropriate keeping in good health methods, rather than being illusory and immortal. There is also a record in Huangdi Neijing that "eat well and enjoy life". Medical care developed like a storm in the Song Dynasty.
As we all know, music is naturally good at cultivating people's sentiments, just as the Book of Rites in ancient China recorded the harmony between musicians and heaven and earth. It can be said that in the eyes of some musicians, music is a means of communication with everything, and music can be understood by everything.
Just like some plants in modern scientific research, when they hear pleasant music, they will also convey a pleasant way of growth. Moreover, in people's imagination, the way of health preservation is definitely "prevention is more than treatment", which is the same as preventing diseases.
Only by strengthening physical fitness, after physical fitness is good, it will not be so easy to get sick, and the purpose of cutting off the root cause of the disease can be achieved. Instead of waiting until you get sick, it will be too late, so the same is true of health care.
According to medical research, music is actually closely related to physical quality, will and spirit. When people enjoy music, the brain will secrete a kind of dopamine, which will enable people to achieve a pleasant purpose and a relaxed state of mind. Once people relax, their body functions will quickly come out to adjust, thus relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation.
It can be said that the auxiliary function of music is no less than those drugs, and there are no side effects at all. Moreover, according to relevant records, music can also effectively promote people's intelligence level. As we all know, emperors in history all pursued immortality. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Qin Shihuang are the two emperors who are most fascinated by immortality.
Then, after Zhao Kuangyin gained the status of Song Taizu, he also pursued immortality. However, unlike Qin Shihuang's pursuit of immortality, Song Taizu's pursuit of music is to cultivate sentiment, relax, achieve the expectation of health preservation, and thus prolong life.
Moreover, music is always used to cultivate the body and mind. What is even more amazing is that Song Taizu's younger brother Zhao Guangyi is also very obsessed with music, and Song Taizu's ability to compose music can be said to have made very high achievements since the emperors of all dynasties.
Moreover, it is also recorded in historical documents that Song Taizu was born with homophonic voice and could make some ordinary musical instruments by himself. From this perspective, we can see that Song Taizu's musical attainments are still possible. Although he failed to achieve others' achievements, he can also achieve unprecedented achievements. Then his way of cultivating sentiment with joy has reached the realm of prolonging life and is worth learning.
Moreover, sports can be said to have existed since ancient times. As early as in ancient China, the idea of keeping fit through sports already existed. Then, even in the pre-Qin period, there were various ways of sports, just like Cuju, the predecessor of football that we are familiar with now.
It can also be seen from this historical document that since the pre-Qin period, various sports models have appeared.
In addition, countless health preserving methods have been put into practice. Nowadays, Cuju was very popular in ancient times, and even many soldiers used it as a training program.
And with the development of the dynasty, it reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. It can be said that both ordinary people and dignitaries, even the emperor as a statue of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, have already participated in this project. Another ball game originated from cuju, namely "polo", is also a favorite sport of many emperors. Among them, Song's son is the emperor who likes this kind of health exercise best.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is a fanatic of this sport. According to the records of Song people, "Mao is over 50 years old, still in his prime, and he can still wield the heroic spirit of a fine horse."
It can be said that luck is still very useful for prolonging life. After all, we all know that in the case of very backward medical conditions in ancient times, the average life expectancy of ancient people was mostly around 30 or 40 years old, and Mao was over 50 years old and still showed his heroism on the fine horse. It can be seen that the way of keeping in good health is still very, very important.
The saying of self-cultivation through calligraphy has existed since ancient times, and we can all see that it is all through calligraphy. Just like the famous great writer Lu Xun, he saved the country through literature. "Being a doctor is better than being a writer."
In ancient times, people thought that learning calligraphy played a very important role in calming the mind. Lu You, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once said, "Smile, play with a pen and inkstone, and your illness is mild."
Now we can also see from history that many calligraphies are very long-lived, because calligraphy really plays a very important role in self-cultivation, and calligraphy is called a mental activity, which tests your patience, willpower and so on. Some calligraphers are quick-thinking, determined and calm, just like Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, whom we are familiar with.
Although in historical records, although Zhao Gou was a monarch who settled down and betrayed his country for glory, his accomplishments in calligraphy can be said to be unparalleled among the emperors of the Song Dynasty. His calligraphy style is very elegant, and he is good at writing cursive and running scripts.
Although he has not made great achievements in politics, he is famous in articles and works, the most famous of which is his theory of health preservation, which can be said to have exhausted his level for most of his life, but it is also a masterpiece of calligraphy in history.
This is also a mistake made by emperors of all ages. After all, it is human nature to reproduce, which can be said to be our nature. However, in ancient books, "abstinence for health" has existed since ancient times, and ancient Chinese medicine believes that if you have too much sexual intercourse, your kidney will be deficient, your energy will be insufficient, and people will be weak, just like a serious illness, and your eyes will be blank.
After all, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, "kidney is the foundation of human beings." It can be said that if your kidney qi is insufficient, your people will look very listless ",but according to our modern medicine, it is kidney deficiency. Therefore, abstinence and nourishing essence was put forward by a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty and Sun Simiao, whom we are familiar with.
Moreover, he believes that the method of health preservation "is to adjust one's energy first, and then assist with appropriate exercise to help physical and mental health", and it should not be too emotional. After all, if the mood swings too much, it will also affect your health. Therefore, this viewpoint put forward by Sun Simiao is also very consistent in modern medicine.
After all, in modern medicine and psychology, if people's mood fluctuates too much, it will lead to your bad mental state. If the mental state is not good and the physical defense mechanism declines, it is easy to get sick. Well, as we all know, there are countless concubines in ancient harem, so it can be said that the statement of 3 thousand concubines in harem is not what it is said.
Then the word "abstinence" is easy to say, but for some ancient emperors, it can be said that it does not exist. After all, in the eyes of emperors, some emperors can give up their country for beauty, let alone abstinence. But in the Song Dynasty, a strange emperor appeared, and he really achieved the word "abstinence".
After all, the emperors we know, although you are the highest in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, eat the best and use the best, but because of "desire", few emperors live long. However, as far as the Song Dynasty is concerned, Zhao Gou was the only emperor who lived to be 70 years old, and he was also the first emperor to abstain from sex.
From historical records, we can also know that Zhao Gou lived a long life not only because of his abstinence, but also because of his natural talent. It can be said that he could read thousands of words when he was young, and he was strong. "So in this case, Zhao Gou's longevity is also inseparable from his physical quality.
So, why did Zhao Gou become an emperor without desire? It is recorded in "The Legacy of State Affairs" that "during the three years of Jianyan, enemy soldiers came to Yangzhou, and Zhao Gou was shocked when it had sex". From this record, we can also see that Zhao Gou is very unfortunate. He was so scared when he had sex that he couldn't be a man from now on. This is also very sad.
But it is also this reason that makes him abstinent and makes him live longer. This is also a great misfortune. After all, the emperor who lived for so long in the Song Dynasty belongs to him.
From ancient times to the present, it is common for emperors and ordinary people to pursue immortality, but in our view, immortality is unrealistic, but even Cao Cao will not pursue illusory immortality.
It can be seen that immortality does not exist, and it is feasible to prolong life through health preservation. And strengthening the body, cultivating self-cultivation, cultivating sentiment and restraining desire can also achieve the way of health preservation.
China's health preservation includes thousands of years' health preservation theories such as medicine, diet, religion and martial arts. Health care also needs to nourish the heart, and the way of health care is profound and profound.
References: Huangdi Neijing, Bao Puzi, Legacy of the Ruling and Opposition, and History of Song Dynasty.