Zheng Banqiao, a famous painter in Qing Dynasty, died at the age of 72. He was a long-lived man in ancient times. He wrote a couplet in the kitchen of his hometown in Xinghua, Jiangsu:
"Vegetables, radishes, brown rice, crock water and chrysanthemum tea."
The All-China Federation highly summarized the daily life in Zheng Banqiao. He eats vegetables, radishes and brown rice, drinks chrysanthemum tea soaked in natural water and uses traditional pottery pots in China. He knows that he often eats coarse grains and drinks natural water. A light diet is good for his health.
"Health is not as good as desire, and reading is not as good as fun." "
This couplet was written by Zheng Chenggong in the Ming Dynasty, which fully explained the way to keep fit. The second part tells the principle of "reading for pleasure".
"Static and dynamic, five internal organs disappear; Rong also endured humiliation and never lived in a crisis. "
This couplet was written by Zhai Gongluan, a famous person in Qing Dynasty. It expounds the way of keeping in good health, and it is appropriate for both movement and activity, which is a great shame.
"Nothing is reassuring; Not having enough to eat is really sick. "
"Can endure lifelong benefits; Universities demand peace of mind. "
These are two health couplets written by Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Liangjiang River in the late Qing Dynasty. The former is similar to the regimen of "Dieting to get rid of diseases and prolonging life in insatiability" in the motto of respecting life. The latter explains the ninja recreation in an easy-to-understand way.
"Greed and ignorance are the three commandments of a gentleman; Set up a wisdom ring and preach the five holy classics. "
This is a wonderful couplet of Zhang Zhongfu's health preservation in Qing Dynasty. The beauty lies in that the couplets integrate Confucianism's entry into the WTO and the birth of Buddhist scriptures, which means that what Buddhism says about abstinence from greed, anger and stupidity is the same as what the Analects says about "a gentleman has three precepts", and only by abstaining from three precepts can he prolong his life. However, what Buddhists say about meditation, keeping precepts and gaining wisdom is the same as that in Confucian classics.