Origin of Idiom: Shi Lichuan in Han Dynasty: "Jun regards the people as the sky, and the people regard food as the sky."
It can be seen that this proverb will appear at the latest in the era of hegemony between Chu and Han in the late Qin Dynasty.
As for the instructions from heaven to the emperor, I beg to differ. It really makes no sense.
The earliest record about the way of keeping in good health is the following passage. This passage comes from the first volume of Huangdi Neijing, which was written more than 2,500 years ago and was regarded as a medical code by later generations.
Once upon a time in the Yellow Emperor, he was born as a god, weak but able to speak, young and neat, long and sensitive, and made a name for himself. When I was in Shi Tian, I asked: I heard that ancient people were 100 years old in the Spring and Autumn Period, but their mobility did not decrease; People now, half a century later, have failed in sports, which is different from the times? Will people miss it? Qi Bo to Japan: Those who knew in the ancient times, combined yin and yang, combined with art, ate and lived, and lived in vain, so they could be in harmony with God and died at the age of 100. Today's people, on the other hand, take wine as their pulp, act recklessly, get drunk at home, exhaust their essence, dissipate their truth, don't know how to hold their full, always keep their gods, speed up their hearts, go against the joy of life, and be unrestrained, so they will fail at half a hundred. Under the guidance of ancient sages, my husband was called "empty evil thief wind", avoiding sometimes, being empty, obeying the true qi, keeping the spirit inside and being sick outside. It is based on less ambition, peace of mind without fear, perseverance, obedience and proper place. Therefore, eating is beautiful. Let it serve, enjoy its vulgarity and compete with each other. Its people are so simple. Therefore, lust can not satisfy people's eyes, lust can not confuse people's hearts, fools and wise men are not afraid of things, so they are in harmony with Tao. Therefore, those who can live to the age of 100 and never lose their actions have no moral danger. Emperor day: people are old and childless, and they are exhausted. Will days be a natural number? Qi Bori: The woman is seven years old, with strong kidney qi and long teeth; On the 27 th, when the sky comes, the pulse is too strong, and the moon is in the present, so there is a son; Sanqi kidney qi is general, so real teeth are born and long; Four or seven strong bones and muscles, extremely long hair and strong body; On may 7, Yangming's pulse failed, his face began to burn and his hair began to fall; The 673 Yang pulse decays in the upper part, the face is burnt, and the hair begins to turn white; On July 7, the pulse was weak, the pulse was too strong, the sky was exhausted, and the tunnel was impassable, so the shape was bad and there was no child. Husband is eight years old, with strong kidneys and long teeth; 28. The kidney is full of qi, the sky is full, the essence overflows, and the yin and yang are harmonious, so you can have children; March 8 kidney qi is general, bones and muscles are strong, so real teeth are born and long; Four or eight muscles are full of strength; 58 kidney qi deficiency and tooth decay; 68 upper body yang deficiency, burning white hair on the face; Seven or eight liver qi failure, muscle immobility, exhaustion of heaven, essence deficiency, renal failure and extreme constitution; Eight or eight times, all the teeth were sent. The kidney controls water and is hidden in the essence of five zang-fu organs, so five zang-fu organs can write.
Judging from the age of the book, China paid attention to the way of keeping in good health in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to the records in the book, Huangdi began to pay attention to the way of health preservation; According to the dialogue of the characters in the story, "ancient people, knowing the law, combining yin and yang, combining tricks, living regularly and not rashly, can be in harmony with God, and will be a hundred years old." The history of keeping in good health has been pushed further, and 5000 years ago it was called Archaean Age. Of course, this story is not necessarily credible. But this at least shows that in the Spring and Autumn Period, our people, at least the upper class aristocrats (people who can write books in the Spring and Autumn Period should be aristocrats) have paid great attention to the way of keeping in good health, and their way of keeping in good health has become mature and systematic, so it is speculated that the way of keeping in good health must start earlier.
Archaeology will prove that the way of keeping in good health has a long history. Let me give you an example. In ancient times, there was a drinking vessel "Jue" with a small column on it, which was used to measure the amount of alcohol in the Jue to avoid drinking too much. This is undoubtedly a way of keeping in good health. Some bronze knights found in Erlitou cultural site from 1900 BC to 1600 BC have already taken the shape of cylinders. The knight's going to the bar is only one aspect of the way to keep fit.