Zhuangzi, a master of health preservation, came from Zhuang Zhou of the Warring States Period, and was selected from Zhuangzi Neipian.
Excerpt from the original:
Wen Wenxuan was surprised to see the right teacher. "Who is it?" Is it evil? Heaven and man? Yue: "Heaven is also inhuman. Heaven is born unique, and people's appearance is both. Therefore, it is inhuman to know the sky. "Ze pheasant pecks every ten steps, drinks every hundred steps, and leaves no livestock in the fan. Although God is king, he is not good.
Translation:
Wen Wenxuan was surprised to see Teacher You and said, "Who is this? Why only one foot? Is it born with only one foot, or is it artificially lost? " The right teacher said, "Born in heaven, not man-made. God gave me such a body, I only have one foot, and people's looks are completely given by God. So knowing is natural, not artificial. "
The pheasant on the edge of the swamp can only peck at one bite of food after ten steps, and can only drink one mouthful of water after hundreds of steps, but it will not pray for animals to be locked in cages at all. Although you don't have to struggle to find food in the cage, even if you are strong, you are very uncomfortable.
Extended data
"Master of Health Care" This is an article about the way of health care.
The full text can be divided into three parts. The first part, "You can spend all your years", is the general outline of the whole article, pointing out that the most important thing in health preservation is "thinking about classics", that is, inheriting the emptiness in things and adapting to the changes and development of nature.
The second part, How to Keep Healthy, compares people's health with the decomposition of cows' bodies by chefs, explaining that life and life should be "nature-oriented" and "sky-oriented", and only by taking virtual "space" for yourself can we be "comfortable", thus avoiding the entanglement of right and wrong and contradictions.
The rest is the third part, which further explains the sage's attitude towards life, that is, not sticking to things, advancing with the times, traveling with the heart, following nature, advancing with the times, poor benevolence and morality, and even death. This is basically understood by Wen.
The center of Zhuangzi's thought is, on the one hand, helpless freedom, and on the other hand, opposing letting nature take its course. Although this article talks about health preservation between the lines, it actually reflects the author's philosophy and life purport.
Zhuangzi's health preservation method
1, follow the heaven and let nature take its course.
Zhuangzi said in the first chapter of "The Way of Health Preservation" that the main principle of health preservation is that only by following objective laws and adhering to the golden mean can we maintain health and support life. Regarding the attitude towards health preservation, Zhuangzi believes that birth, aging, illness and death are natural phenomena, and we can only "be harmonious but different" and "be harmonious but different", and oppose the deliberate and artificial pursuit of longevity.
To this end, he also specially cited the example that Peng Zu, the founder of longevity, likes to exercise by ordinary methods to further illustrate. Zhuangzi also thinks that there is no need to be too sad about the attitude of physical illness and death, and we should face it as an objective law.
2, both form and spirit are impartial and do not waste
In Zhuangzi's health preserving theory, "form" and "spirit" are two major elements of life. "painstakingly shaping to harm its health" "endless efforts to shape will be harmful, intensive use will kill people, and fatigue will kill people." "Body-building" is health care for the body, and "heart-building" is improvement of self-cultivation. Zhuangzi believes that both "form" and "spirit" should be enough, not overworked.
When it comes to the relationship between them, Zhuangzi seems to pay more attention to "keeping fit" on the one hand, but on the other hand, he also emphasizes that "keeping fit" cannot be ignored. On the basis of spiritual maintenance, we can complement each other, be impartial and not waste, so as to achieve the ideal of "those who cultivate their aspirations forget their shape, those who cultivate their shape forget their benefits, and those who teach their Tao forget their hearts".
3. Serenity is not tired of things.
In fact, Zhuangzi's health preserving theory is closely related to the Taoist philosophy of governing by doing nothing. Whether in his ideal life or in his daily health preservation, Zhuangzi pursues an extreme quiet state, so that "he can enter without worry and attack without evil, so he is virtuous but not poor".
In life, people who are tired of things are concentrated in all kinds of dissolute material enjoyment and the struggle for fame and fortune. Imprisoned in it, it will inevitably hurt your body and health.
Therefore, Zhuangzi prescribed a series of spiritual prescriptions, such as "Don't be inferior to giving up the world", "Don't worry about happiness", "Don't be friends with things", "Don't change inside" and "Don't follow outside", thus abandoning the worries of fame and fortune and selfish distractions, being handsome like a saint and forgetting things.
Perseverance is far from disaster.
Zhuangzi thinks that keeping in good health can't happen overnight, and it can be perfunctory. Doing anything requires perseverance and belief, and health is no exception, but we must persist for a long time and never slack off. Life is alive, and the disasters that follow are always around.
Then, in order to keep healthy, it is particularly important to avoid unnecessary troubles and disasters as much as possible. The root of disasters is sometimes their own advantages and advantages, such as good conduct, profound knowledge, distinguished life experience and so on.
Therefore, Zhuangzi warned people that if they want to avoid disasters, they should "donate their potential for fame" and "travel around the world in vain", that is to say, they should treat utilitarian power as a thing apart, be modest and keep a low profile. Just as tough and tall trees are always cut down first, and sweet wells are always easy to dry up, the way to tell them not to die is to be restrained at all times and not to be arrogant. ?
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