Finally, it is opposite to the unborn time and integrated with China [1]. Death and life are one.

Therefore, knowing that the universe [2] is big cannot rob its life and death; Knowing the sum of health care, you can't take the county as the world; Knowing the happiness of unborn life is not afraid of death.

(Huainanzi Spiritual Cultivation)

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[1] transformation: nature, nature.

[2] Universe: the floorboard of all things in the world. Huai Nan Zi Yuan Tao Xun: "The universe is full of light." Gaoyou Note: "The four directions are called Yu, and the universe has been called Zhou since ancient times, which is a metaphor for heaven and earth."

interpret

Huainanzi Spiritual Practice holds that life and death are integrated with nature. Because I know the universe, I know how to keep in good health, and I know when I am "unborn", so I am not tempted by material desires and I am not afraid of the threat of death. Therefore, the world outlook has an important influence on the outlook on life.

original text

Weather is the soul, atmosphere is the spirit. On the contrary, mysterious rooms [1] are everywhere. Keep without losing, go to Taiyi [2]. The essence of Taiyi [3] is connected with heaven.

("Huai Nan Zi Zhu Shu Xun")

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Fang Xuan: That's Huang Xuan. "Yikun Classical Chinese": "The husband is mysterious, the heaven and the earth are mixed, and the sky is mysterious and the rehmannia is also." Later used as a synonym for heaven and earth.

[2] Taiyi: China's philosophical terminology. It is also supreme. First, it is absolutely unique. The article Zhuangzi Tianxia calls Lao Dan's theory "the first master".

[3] Jing: This refers to subtle principles.

interpret

According to the ancient cosmology and outlook on life, everything was originally generated by qi, and then divided into yin and yang by qi. When yin and yang collide, they become things. Man is the spirit of all things, whose body is called "spirit" and whose spirit is called "soul". After death, the soul is scattered. Because of its different yin and yang attributes, the soul belongs to the weather and the soul belongs to the air. But to return to the original mystery. The spirit of Yin and Yang of heaven and earth, to which the soul belongs, remains without losing, and is also connected with the spirit of the beginning. It is subtle and mysterious, but it is actually the law of nature.

So the soul in Huai Nan Zi is not mysterious. The soul mentioned in ancient medicine should also be treated in this way.