The Record of Nourishing Life and Prolonging Life is a work written by Tao Hongjing, with the main purpose of "selecting the essence, simplifying the complexity, and gathering topics with the same kind" and the purpose of "subsidizing the destiny and relying on it to help the ear". This book is a compilation of guiding health preservation theories and methods from Yanhuang to Wei and Jin Dynasties. It is divided into two volumes and six articles: teaching precepts, eating precepts, miscellaneous precepts, avoiding harm and praying, taking qi to treat diseases, guiding massage, and controlling women's profits and losses. Among them, "Teaching Commandments" talks about the theory and necessity of health preservation. "Food Commandments" talks about food precautions; Miscellaneous Commandments, Avoiding Harm and Blessing are about matters needing attention in daily life. "Treating the disease with qi" stresses qi; "Guided massage" is about guided massage techniques; The gains and losses of ladies-in-waiting talks about room art.