From: On Health Preservation written by Ji Kang of the Three Kingdoms, original: Jingtai, Qing Xu, with little selfish desires. Foreign things are tired but don't exist, and they are alone with wine and have no worries and thoughts.
People who are good at keeping in good health are not like this. They are indifferent to nothingness in thought, quiet and calm in behavior, and constantly decrease until they get rid of selfishness and greed. External things such as fame, wealth and status will not stay in the heart because they will hurt the soul, but the spirit will be particularly enriched because of simplicity and indifference. Open-minded and carefree, quiet and thoughtless.
Extended data
Ji Kang, a radical figure in metaphysics, wrote a comprehensive and systematic treatise on China's ancient health preservation, which had a far-reaching influence on the health preservation thought of later generations. At the beginning of The Theory of Health Preservation, it is also pointed out that the so-called "ancients" exist, and longevity can also be achieved through health preservation. Ji Kang advocates both form and spirit, especially spiritual cultivation.
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, when the material conditions were underdeveloped, the ancients could still maintain the habit of abstinence. So in the contemporary era when the material civilization is developed, people should reflect on, learn from and learn Ji Kang's "abstinence" regimen. In terms of specific health care methods, Ji Kang agrees with Shennong's theory of "nourishing life with medicine and nourishing nature with Chinese medicine", and thinks that this drug bait plays an important role in health care.