Taoism has a tradition of attaching importance to people and life, and is rich in the character of "cultural health preservation", which is also the profound implication of "Taoist culture" in health preservation culture. About "noumenon health preservation" and "noumenon" are naturally the basic categories for philosophy to explore the foundation of all things. In Taoism, ontology refers to Tao, that is, taking Tao as ontology. The freedom, integrity and perfection of Tao become the ideological orientation of all activities of Daomen, and words and deeds that conform to the principles and standards of Tao can get ideal results, realizing the physical and mental settlement of "seeking benefits and avoiding crimes" and ruling the world. Therefore, Daomen put forward the concept of "health preservation", that is, practicing Taoist health preservation. Specifically, it is a series of processes and results of understanding, Ming Dow, cultivation, proving Tao and gaining Tao, and it can also be attributed to the concept of "the integration of life and Tao". Why is the essence of Tao "keeping in good health"? This is because Tao has the characteristics of life. Laozi said, "Tao gives birth to one, two, three and everything."
Man is just the spirit of all things, born naturally in the Tao. Seven Trillions from a Cloud profoundly analyzes the relationship between Tao and human body: "Tao gives birth to Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang give birth to heaven and earth, heaven and earth give birth to parents, and parents give birth to me." Since Tao is the decider of my life, my life (life, life, survival, growth, etc. ) you must abide by this road. Only by observing the Tao can my "life" have lasting vitality. It is in this sense that "On Sitting and Forgetting" says: "What a lady values is life. Life is expensive. Therefore, people who keep in good health should be careful not to lose their way, and people who are Taoist should be careful not to lose their lives, so that Tao and life can be together, and life and Tao can be together for a long time. He who speaks for a long time gains the quality of Tao.
In essence, Tao is a kind of "long-term" existence that "bypasses without danger" and never stops. In Daomen's view, only the existence of human beings and society is "Tao", which can be as eternal as "Tao". The seventh chapter of Laozi said: "Those who can live a hundred years in heaven and earth can live forever, because they are not born by themselves", thus laying the fundamental principle of "Taoism is natural". In the eyes of Daomen, if you get the Tao, you will live, and if you lose it, you will die. The Neiguan Classic of Taishang Laojun said: "Those who are born of shape have their own ways. So the form of the dead, lost its way. If people can survive and keep the Tao, they will live forever. " As long as the Tao is in me, I will not die, but I will live forever. It is precisely because it is difficult for the world to know, believe, act, get the word and keep it, so many of them can't last forever.
Therefore, Neijing also said: "It is easy to know, but difficult to guide. The channel is easy, but the road is difficult. The road is easy, but the road is difficult. It is easy to get words, but difficult to keep them. Keep the road and live forever. " It can be seen that "Tao" plays a decisive role in "health preservation". People who can't keep in good health in the world are not people who are far from Tao, but people who are far from Tao. Miao Zhenjing was quoted as saying in the Record of Nourishing Life: "People often get lost, not lost. People often die, but they don't. Therefore, the health-preserving person boils down to one sentence. The so-called noumenon (Taoist) health-preserving is the subject's cognition and understanding of noumenon, and then this cognition and understanding will lead to the self-adjustment of thought and behavior, and finally achieve a cultural health-preserving form of health-preserving. Be careful not to lose your way. For those who are Tao, be careful not to lose their lives, so that Tao and life can stay together and life and Tao can protect each other. This is the profound meaning of "Tao is keeping in good health".