Three souls: the soul of heaven, the soul of the earth and the soul of mankind. In ancient times, it was called fetal light, refreshing and calm. They are also called the main soul, conscious soul, living soul, yuan god, yang god, yin god, celestial spirit, knowing soul and human soul.

Seven spirits: dead dog, lying arrow, bird yin, swallowing thieves, non-toxic, removing filth and stinking lungs, another one is Tian Chong, Hui Ling, three qi, four strength, center, six essence and seven English, and another one is joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil and lust.

The origin of the idiom: "Bao Puzi Di Zi Zhen": "If you want to communicate with the spirit, you will be divided into fire and water, which shows that you have three souls and seven spirits in your body."

Introduction to Bao Puzi;

1, "Bao Puzi's Inner Chapter" mainly tells about fairy prescriptions, changes in ghosts and gods, health preservation and longevity, and treatment of disasters and diseases, and belongs to Taoism (referring to immortals). Its contents can be summarized as follows: discussing the universe itself, demonstrating the existence of immortals, discussing the production methods and applications of Dan medicine and panacea, discussing the study and application of various formulas, discussing various bibliographies of Taoist scriptures, and explaining the universality of world practice.

2. "Bao Puzi Waipian" mainly talks about various things in society, which belongs to the category of Confucianism, and also shows the development track of the author's immortal thought before Confucianism. Its content can be summarized as follows: on the gain and loss of the world, mocking the secular, and stressing the law of governing the people; Commenting on whether there are hidden things in the world, advocating that the hidden things should be treated with time, self-denial and thinking of the monarch;

3. On Ren Xian's advice on loving the people and abstinence and respecting the monarch alone: on being free from vulgarity, writing books and being cultivated, and so on. In a word, Bao Puzi integrated metaphysics with divination, alchemy with elixir, elixir with symbol, Confucianism with immortals, thus establishing his theoretical system of immortals.

Ge Hong suggested that immortals must accumulate good deeds, make meritorious deeds and be charitable. In Bao Puzi, it is emphasized that people can't just start from practicing martial arts, and their aspirations in life can't just be hidden in the mountains. If they really want to cultivate immortality, they must make contributions, cultivate their morality, and rule the country.

Advocating to realize spiritual liberation and physical take-off in real social life can not only help the world immediately, but also be of great significance. For example, he said, "The staff sergeant is in the three armies, the sergeant is in the city, and the corporal is in the mountains." He believes that self-cultivation can not only protect morality and lead to longevity, but also govern the world and lead to peace. Immortality can also be achieved through cultivation, and the greatest filial piety is that the body is not harmed.

6. The titles and volumes of Ge Hong's works are as follows: 20 volumes of Bao Puzi's Inner Chapter, 50 volumes of Bao Puzi's Outer Chapter, 65,438+00 volumes of Biography of Immortals, Biography of Hermits, Biography of Good Officials, Collection of Different Biographies, 30 volumes of Zhangbiao and Monument.

7. In addition, there are Bao Puzi's theory of keeping in good health, Da Dan's question and answer, Ge Hong's Notes in Pillow, Zhi Fax's Correction, Bao Puzi's Golden Dog Classic, Ge Zhichuan's Jin Ben Wan Ling Lun and Liu Xin's Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing. Most of the above works are dead.

8. There are three kinds of Ge Hong's works 13 collected by Orthodox Taoist Collectors and Wanli Taoist Collectors, some of which were wrongly inscribed or entrusted by later generations, but most of them were written by Ge Hong.