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Cao Cao, the Emperor of Wei Dynasty, was keen to study the theory of refining qi to make up the sky for the sake of health and longevity. Among his poems, the most wonderful thing is "Walking out of Xiamen, the tortoise is long". The poem says:
Although the tortoise has a long life, it still has time;
The snake rides the fog and eventually turns to dust.
The old horse crouches, aiming at thousands of miles;
The martyrs were full of courage in their later years.
The surplus and contraction period is not only in the sky;
Blessings that nourish grace can last forever.
The poem takes turtles, a long-lived animal, as an example to illustrate the law of birth, aging, illness and death. At the same time, it is also the eternal swan song of the way of health preservation, and it is the golden needle that Cao Cao gave to future generations for health preservation and longevity! Nowadays, people often use the poem "Martyrs are ambitious in their twilight years" to express their wishes of being old and strong.
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Being good at nourishing the heart is an important way to cultivate self-cultivation and a good way to prolong life. Tao Yuanming, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, wrote the poem Drinking:
Building a house is human, and there are no horses and chariots.
What can you do? The heart is far from being self-centered.
Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely.
The mountains are getting better and better, and the birds are back.
This makes sense. I forgot to say it if I wanted to defend myself.
This typical health-keeping poem is full of context and understanding, material and soul, which is really wonderful!
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Everything goes well at home, everything goes well at home, and the family is harmonious. This is the source of happiness in life. Du Fu, a "poet saint", was wandering from place to place during the Anshi Rebellion, suffering from hardships and weak body. Fortunately, the wife is considerate and the children are considerate. This is confirmed in his poem "Jiangcun":
The old lady draws paper like playing chess.
The child knocks the needle as a hook;
But an old friend suggested to Mi Lu,
What more can you ask for?
This is Du Fu's heartfelt words. The warm family life gave the poet the purest affection and the deepest and broadest love, which enabled him to spend his old age safely.
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Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote many health preserving methods in his poems. One of his "ways to keep fit" is to practice Qigong diligently. He wrote in the poem "Negative Winter":
According to the south corner of my house, I go out in winter.
Sit with your eyes closed and your skin will be healthy.
At first, it was like drinking alcohol mash, and it was like being stung by Su.
External integration is smooth, and Chinese integration is one.
Where is the ambition, where is the heart, and where is the emptiness.
As can be seen from the poem, Bai Juyi not only likes Qigong, but also has cultivated to a high level. When he practices, he "melts everything outside and is comfortable in the middle."
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Fitness needs a healthy attitude, "only happiness can lead to physical happiness", and only optimism and open-mindedness can lead to physical fitness. How can we be "happy"? A poem by Cheng Hao, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, gives people profound enlightenment:
The clouds are light and the wind is light, and it is nearly noon.
Flowers follow willows across thousands of rivers;
When people don't know how to enjoy life,
This will be called taking time out to learn from teenagers.
He believes that a person's life, even when he is old, should be as colorful as when he was a teenager, so that he can be happy physically and mentally and enjoy his old age.
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Su Dongpo, a writer in the Song Dynasty, had a bumpy career and was very frustrated, but he was philosophical and indifferent to fame and fortune. In his later years, he devoted himself to studying medicine, collecting folk prescriptions and compiling Su Shen and Liang Fang to help the world. He wrote in a health poem:
Feather worms turn over at the sight of the moon,
I also show vanity.
Thousand combs cold wake up quickly.
See the dew and frost meet the roots.
What he said was that he was standing on an empty porch in the bright moonlight, combing his hair and exercising. He also often practices Qigong. "The clouds are clear, the bright moon is in the sky, and the sea and the sky are the same." It is a portrayal of his clear spiritual realm when practicing Qigong.
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Lu You, a great poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, has gone through 85 spring and autumn periods in his life. The unique way of keeping in good health contained in his poems can make us realize the secret of this poet's longevity, which undoubtedly has practical reference significance for modern people to improve their health literacy.
Lu you loves to eat and love nutrition, mainly light. Among many dietotherapy methods, Lu You seems to prefer porridge. He wrote:
Everyone in the world is a senior three.
I didn't realize that all the seasons were in the present.
I must study the people's laws,
Only eating porridge will make you immortal.
He believes that a rich diet will increase the burden on the stomach, and it is appropriate to have simple tea and light rice. Porridge is a liquid food, suitable for all ages, delicious, nutritious and easy to be digested and absorbed by human body. If you add corresponding foods or foods to porridge, such as lotus plumule, coix seed, peanuts, mutton, American ginseng, carrots, etc. It can also prevent and treat diseases and prolong life.
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Liu Bowen, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty and a strategist who assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in farmland, wrote a poem about preserving health and entertaining himself:
Buy a scalper to plow the fields,
Between the hut and the fairy.
Because I am old, I will be old for a long time.
Stay in the mountains for several years.
Being an official is a dream,
Poetry and wine are immortal forever.
Everything in the world will go up in price,
Old articles are worthless.
Liu Bowen just turned 60, that is, he who sees through the world, retired to the mountains, gave himself a piece of green water and green mountains, and realized his return to nature and his own life. I have been to the unrestrained and relaxed life of "poetry and wine are immortal".
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Gong Tingxian, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, lived to be 92 years old. His Poem on Raising Children is a set of scientific laws about "eating, drinking and having fun" formed on the basis of many years' practice of treating diseases and preserving health. The full text of this poem is as follows:
Cherish the essence of gas reservoir is more nourishing,
Don't worry about thinking less, thinking less.
Only half full and tasteless,
Don't overdo it after three minutes of abstinence.
Make fun of every joke,
Often contains an angry will.
Don't even ask if it's cold or not,
Let me live happily for a hundred years.
This poem tells people not to despise "eat, drink and be merry". These four words are "big articles" that everyone has been doing all his life, but the years have given everyone different scores. "Eat, drink and be merry" is not the purpose of life, but a means of life and work to ensure physical and mental health.