Ji (jρ) Kang (224 -263, a work of 223 -262), the word uncle night. Han nationality, Qiao Guoluo County (now Suixi County, Anhui Province). Cao Wei, a thinker, musician and writer in the Three Kingdoms period.

Ji Kang is the son-in-law of Cao Wei's imperial clan and married Cao Cao's great-granddaughter Changle Pavilion. Officials are scattered in the middle, and the world calls it "scattered in the middle." After living in seclusion, he refused to be an official. Si Mazhao was executed at the age of forty because he offended Zhong Hui and was framed by Zhong Hui.

Ji Kang, Ruan Ji and other bamboo forest celebrities advocate a new style of metaphysics, arguing that "the more celebrities teach, the more naturally there will be" and "judge the noble and the humble and be reasonable". They are the spiritual leaders of the "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest", and Justin called them one of the "Bamboo Forest Celebrities". His deeds and experiences have a great influence on the ethos and value orientation of later generations. Ji Kang is also good at writing, and his works are mainly poems with distinctive styles. He pays attention to health care and once wrote On Health Care. From generation to generation. His works reflect the thoughts of the times and bring a lot of enlightenment to the later ideological and literary circles.

Main idea

Ji Kang inherited Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi's idea of keeping in good health, and gained a lot of experience in practice. His health preserving theory is the first comprehensive and systematic health preserving monograph in the history of health preserving in China. Later generations such as Tao Hongjing and Sun Simiao. All of them were learned from his idea of keeping in good health.

In the ten volumes of Ji, each chapter contains the theory of health preservation, and puts forward the concept of "the more famous, the more natural".

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the study of health preservation flourished, but there were two opposing ideas at that time: one thought that cultivation could become immortal and live forever; The second is that "life and death are all decided by heaven, and half of them are not decided by people." In view of this phenomenon, Ji Kang pointed out that immortals are impossible. If they are properly cultivated, they can settle down, and Peng Zu's theory can be achieved.

In his important book "The Theory of Health Preservation", taking guiding and raising people to live longer as the general argument, he put forward the following views:

First, both form and spirit are important. He illustrated the powerful effect of spirit on human body with examples, and pointed out that "from this point of view, spirit is still a monarch to bones." Chinese medicine also believes that people are God-oriented, and the death of God means the death of form. Ji Kang grasped the root of health preservation here.

Second, health care should pay attention to one benefit, be careful of harm and be carried out in an all-round way. Ji Kang believes that everything in heaven and earth will be given different maintenance and life expectancy the day after tomorrow. Don't do it because you are young, don't do it because you are too young, take precautions for a long time, take precautions early, and actively strive for longevity.

Third, it is pointed out that if you don't pay attention to your health, indulge in debauchery, drown your interest and have too many emotions, you will easily die. "The husband is a good man, and the hitter is not a smear;" If you are easily exhausted, trapped inside and outside, and your body is not made of wood and stone, how long can you last? "

Fourthly, Ji Kang also warned medical staff to have confidence and perseverance, otherwise it will not be easy to have an effect. We should also follow the example of good health-preserving people, actively absorb good health-preserving methods, be abstinent, and maintain a true state of mind, "Steaming Ganoderma lucidum, moistening Liquan, taking the morning sun and slowing down the five strings", so that you can "live longer than envious men and compete with Wang Qiao for years".

Ji Kang practiced it himself. Zeng, who is also the "Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest", said: "I have lived in Kang for twenty years, but I have not seen his happiness." His theory was almost comprehensive, but he committed the taboo of "staying in the camp and forgetting outside the camp" and was eventually framed and killed.

Personal work

Ji Kang's book Economic Annals of Sui Shu recorded 65,438+03 volumes and 65,438+05 volumes. The original collection in the Song Dynasty was lost, and only 10 volume was left. The number of volumes in Ming Dynasty is the same as that in Song Dynasty, but the number of articles is reduced. Common Ming editions include San Ji in Jizhong by Wang Shixian (included in Twenty Episodes of Famous Writers in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties) and San Ji in Jizhong by Zhang Pu (included in 133 Episodes of Famous Writers in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties). 1924 Lu Xun's editing history (complete works of Lu Xun, Volume 9). Ji, proofread by Dai, published by People's Literature Publishing House, 1962. In addition to proofreading and annotation, this book also collects stories and critical materials about Ji Kang.