Zhou is very interested in keeping fit. He heard that Tian Kaizhi, who came to visit, followed an expert to learn the way of keeping in good health, so he asked him, "I heard that Mr. Zhu Shen is proficient in keeping in good health. What secrets can Mr. Tian learn from his association with Mr. Zhu? "

Tian Kaizhi was very modest and said, "I followed the teacher, actually sweeping the yard and watching the door. There is nothing to talk about. "

Zhou said, "Mr. Tian doesn't have to be modest. I am willing to listen. "

Therefore, Tian Kaizhi said: "Listening to the teacher said:' People who are good at keeping in good health are like herding sheep. When they see the backward sheep, they will drive them away with a whip. "

Duke Wei of Zhou asked, "What does this mean?"

Tian Kaizhi explained: "There was a man named Shan Bao in the state of Lu. He lives in a cave, drinks water by the mountain spring and doesn't compete with anyone for profit. After living for seventy years, he is still a blond boy.

Unfortunately, one day he met a hungry tiger. The tiger jumped at him and ate him at once.

There is also a person named Zhang Yi, who has a good relationship with people around him. Rich or poor, he likes to walk around, but he doesn't pay attention to the aftercare of his body on weekdays. At the age of forty, he died of fever.

The death of these two people is like not driving backward sheep with a whip! "

Through these two examples, let's take a look at the meaning of "those who keep good health, if they raise sheep, whip them according to the latter".

Shanbao paid attention to the cultivation of the inner world, died in order to preserve the nature endowed by nature, but lived in seclusion blindly, but forgot to consider personal safety and avoid danger, and was finally eaten by the tiger.

Zhang Yi, who only wants to live in harmony with the people around him, maintains interpersonal relationships like a duck to water, but does not exercise. Finally, the disease attacked his health, and he lost his life when he was young.

Both of them made the mistake of paying attention to one thing and ignoring another-Shan Bao paid attention to internal cultivation and ignored external dangers, while Zhang Yi paid attention to dealing with the relationship with the outside world and forgot to cultivate his body-their health care was not comprehensive enough, and they all died because of negligence in prevention.

This is the so-called "no whip can't catch up with the backward sheep."

Zhuangzi tells us through this story that keeping in good health is all-round, and never neglect the head and feet. Many times, clinging to the advanced concept of scientific health preservation, it is better to always remember to pick up the whip, find out the missing and insufficient places, take precautions in advance, and eliminate hidden dangers in time. Only in this way can we live longer.