The following is an analysis of the main contents about health and longevity in Tao Te Ching to illustrate this conclusion.
Laozi
First, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching said: "The reason why heaven and earth are so long is that they are not born by themselves, so they can live forever."
This sentence means that heaven and earth only think about biochemical things, no matter what benefits they get, so they have been for a long time.
The more people think for themselves, the more they compete for benefits with others, the greater the contradiction with others, and the more conflicts there are. From then on, worry and anxiety will damage your health and life. Only by fighting less with others and getting enough benefits can we achieve comfort, health and longevity.
Second, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching said, "Know your man and keep your woman."
You know there are strong practices in the world, but you are willing to use soft ones.
If you can stop competing for benefits with others, you can avoid conflicts with others and get less hurt, which is beneficial to your health and longevity.
Only those people in Laozi's Tao Te Ching who are "simple and simple, less selfish and less lustful" can compete with others for fame and gain less and stop. Because they feel that they have basic living conditions, they just want to live a normal life and don't want to get too much. Therefore, people who live a simple life can often do a good job of health and longevity.
There are thousands of trees in the world, but there are no flowers for a hundred days. The longest-lived flower in the world is a tropical orchid, but it can only bloom for 80 days and then wither. Trees are common, but some trees can live for more than 1000 years. This shows that if you want to live a long life, you should not pursue flashy things too much, and flashy things often don't last long. Even if you pursue flashy things, enough is enough. Simple and ordinary life can last long.
Health maintenance
Third, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching said, "Strong things make the old."
In other words, when things develop to the most prosperous, they will begin to decline until they gradually die out. Therefore, the sooner you achieve prosperity, the sooner you will die. Epiphyllum blooms very quickly, and the result soon fades. It only takes three or four hours from flowering to withering, which is very short. Therefore, if people want to live a long life, they should not pursue rapid maturity, but should be fast enough. Mature slowly, life will be longer.
Dragon's blood tree is the longest-lived tree in the world, with a life span of 8000 years. It grows slowly and matures slowly. It takes hundreds of years to grow and mature, and flowers only bloom once every few decades after maturity. Because it grows slowly and matures slowly, it ages slowly and becomes the longest-lived tree in the world.
Fourth, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching said: "I am good when I am good. If you are not good, I will be good, virtuous. "
In other words, we are kind to good people. Treating bad people with kindness is a sign of high morality. Worrying about the harm of a bad person will make you anxious and painful, which is harmful to your health and longevity. If you can be generous and forgive each other, your mood will be calm and conducive to health and longevity. However, it is human nature to respond to the harm of the bad guys, but when is the revenge? It's best to stop fighting back and give each other more tolerance and forgiveness. Being an educated and virtuous person is more conducive to your health and longevity.
Fifth, Lao Tzu has a principle of "not being the first in the world"
It is a common phenomenon to hit a bird on the head with a gun. Doing things before others will often be hit hard. Don't show off first, just walk behind others, and life will be smooth sailing. But it is human nature to want to do something first and make a splash. However, if you can show off enough, not too much, you will be hit less, which is beneficial to your health and longevity.
Tao Te Ching
6. Laozi's Tao Te Ching said: "Knowing enough is not humiliating, knowing that it is not dangerous can last for a long time."
In other words, if you can be contented, enough is enough, and don't compete with others for benefits, you won't be insulted, you won't encounter danger, and you can live a long life.
Summing up the above discussion in Laozi's Tao Te Ching, we can say that if we can do well in all aspects of life, we can do a good job in health preservation and achieve longevity. Enough is enough, which can be said to be the basis of Laozi's thought of health and longevity.