The Yellow Emperor's internal classic "Four Qi Tunes the Spirit": in the spring of March, this is called Chen, heaven and earth are born, everything is glorious, lying at night and getting up early, striding to court, being slowed down, so as to live, live without killing, give without taking, reward without punishment, which is the answer of spring and the way of keeping in good health. Otherwise, it will hurt the liver, it will be cold in summer and there will be few elders.
March spring is called Chen. The first sentence is not about March in spring, especially about the solar calendar, but about the lunar calendar. This refers to the three months of spring. A year is divided into four seasons, and one season is three months.
Please note that when we study oriental medicine and Chinese medicine, we must also understand Indian medicine. There are only three seasons and four months in a year in India, but medical science is similar to ours, and each has its own advantages. Our Tibetan doctors use Indian medical principles. After the reunification of the country, some Tibetan doctors have added the truth of Chinese medicine, which needs attention. "Spring March" is the third month of spring. According to medicine, "emerging" means that the old is replaced by the new, and the old diverges and becomes the new; That is, angry.
"Heaven and earth are born, and everything is glorious." Our bodies are in harmony with the climate of heaven and earth. According to the Taoist concept, the human body is a small world, and the whole world is just one person. This is the old view that astronomical research should cooperate with human body. Spring is the season of growth, and everything is thriving. Let's read on and concentrate on it.
Speaking of keeping in good health, there is one more thing to tell you. There is a main concept in Huangdi Neijing, which is the same as that of Taoism. It is important to keep healthy and maintain in life, not hygiene. Western culture stresses hygiene, which is negative. Defense is defense, defense. Health preservation is positive. Cultivate your existing life and cultivate it yourself. I'm talking about health preservation here, not hygiene. But how to keep fit? Let's talk about what spring should be like first, but we can't do it now.
"Go to bed at night, get up early, stride to court", get up in the morning and exercise more. I often tell many athletes who study Zen, especially those who study martial arts and Zen now, they have no time during the day and go to the park to practice martial arts at night. I said you won't die! What do you mean? At night, in the park forest, suck carbon gas; Because vegetation releases carbon gas at night and oxygen in the morning. As a result, I have to practice at night. It is really interesting! This needs to be understood
"The hair of the ancients was tied up, and it was best to spread it out and let it grow." . Like animals, we shed our hair in spring and autumn, and animals change their hair in spring and autumn. So did we. Nobody noticed. So at this time, "let your life" will make your consciousness come. "Live without killing" is related to medicine and politics, so don't kill. "Give without taking, reward without punishment", for the biological world, you can only give without punishment or killing. You all know the second guessed, right? Why? China's previous law, is committed a felony, unless it is very serious, rarely dealt with on the spot. After the verdict, the execution must wait until autumn, which is based on the climate season. Because killing is not allowed in spring, "settling accounts after autumn" came like this. When autumn comes, you should behead those who deserve it. Thousands of years ago, the imperial system said that spring could not be killed.
Therefore, the ancients had two words: "I advise you not to shoot three spring birds, and the son is looking forward to his mother's return in the nest." Birds are not allowed to hit in spring, because birds are in their nests waiting for their mother to come back and feed them! The harmony between man and nature in China culture is related to the climate.
"This spring spirit should be the way to keep in good health", which is about keeping in good health in spring. This is the case.