"Although the tortoise is long-lived, it is still sometimes; The snake rides the fog and eventually turns to dust. The old horse crouches, aiming at thousands of miles; The martyrs were full of courage in their later years. The surplus and contraction period is not only in the sky; Blessings that nourish grace can last forever. Fortunately, even! Song to sing. " This is a famous poem by Cao Cao. This poem not only shows Cao Cao's enterprising spirit and heroism in his later years, but also embodies his health-preserving thought.

Although emperors in history were expensive "sons of heaven", they were very afraid of the shadow of death. Many monarchs, such as Qin Huang, Hanwu, Tang Zong and Song Zu, have a "fairy dream" and are obsessed with immortality, which leads to many anecdotes. Only Cao Cao faces life directly. "Although the tortoise lives a long life, it has its moments of pride.": It objectively reflects his open-minded spirit towards death. Even turtles, snakes and other "spiritual things" have the limit of life, not to mention people. Life must die, which is the necessity of any ecological development in nature. So Cao Cao is optimistic about life and death.

From the "period of excess and contraction, not only in the sky; His materialistic point of view can be seen in "The Blessing of Happiness Can last forever". People's life span is not completely resigned to fate, not only depends on innate endowment and quality, but more importantly depends on active mediation and maintenance the day after tomorrow.

He believes that as long as there is proper health care, you can live to old age. Cao Cao lived in a turbulent political situation in China, full of smog and years of war, suffering from chaos and anxiety. Working day and night in military affairs, I spent most of my military career in the East and West Wars.

But Cao Cao actually lived to be 66 years old, which was already an advanced age. This is obviously inseparable from his health. Cao Cao has both the mind of a politician and the feelings of a writer. He loves the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and often sings poems and writes poems during busy business hours to express his generous passion. Because he has "an old horse crouching tiger, aiming at a thousand miles;" The heroic weather vane of "Martyrs March forward in their twilight years" is not as extravagant as other emperors, indulging in luxurious food and infatuating with women.

The testamentary edict written before his death did not have the majesty of the emperor, and he told not to be reburied. This is one of the few emperors and princes in China.

"The surplus and contraction period is not only in the sky; The blessing that nourishes grace can last forever. " This is the eternal swan song of the way of keeping in good health, and it is also the inspiration that Cao Cao left for future generations to keep in good health and live longer!