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.
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 is a typical health poem, which is wonderful in terms of environment and understanding, and in terms of material and spiritual harmony!
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 as chess, and the young son knocks the needle as a hook;
But an old friend offered Mi Lu, what more can I 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.
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":
When winter comes out, look at the corner in the south of my house, sit with your eyes closed and be kind to your skin.
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 Qigong, he is "comfortable outside, but uncomfortable in the middle", which is beyond the reach of ordinary Qigong practitioners.
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:
In the afternoon, the clouds are light and the wind is light, and the flowers are over a thousand rivers with the willows;
At that time, people didn't understand my inner happiness at this moment, thinking that I was learning from young people and taking advantage of the good opportunity to steal.
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.
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 worm struggled to turn over at the sight of the moon, and I also sent out an empty Xuan Ming.
A thousand combs wake up from the cold, and the dew is full of frost.
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.
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:
All the people in the world are seniors, but they don't realize that all the years are in the present.
I want to learn from the people, and only eat porridge to get immortals.
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.
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 field and build a hut next to the nymph.
I will be old for a few days because of thinking, and I will spend a few years in the mountains.
Being an official is a dream, and being able to write poetry and drink is a fairy.
Everything in the world goes up in price, and things are worthless when they are old.
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".
Gong Tingxian, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, lived to be 92 years old. The Poem of Health Preservation written by him is a set of scientific laws about "eat, drink and be merry" on the basis of many years' practice of treating diseases and keeping in good health. The full text of this poem is as follows:
Cherish the spirit, nourish the spirit, think less, and don't bother.
Eating half full is tasteless, and drinking is not diligent.
Make fun of every joke, often with an angry will.
Don't even ask if I'm 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.
A good song written by Cao Xueqin in A Dream of Red Mansions is quite intriguing:
Everyone knows that immortals are good, but their fame is unforgettable!
Where will the past and present be? A pile of grass is missing from the abandoned house.
Everyone knows that immortals are good, but gold and silver can't be forgotten!
In the end, I only hate getting together, but I close my eyes for a long time.
Everyone knows that immortals are good, but my wife can't forget them!
You said love on your birthday, and you died with others.
Everyone knows that immortals are good, and only children and grandchildren can't forget them!
There have been many infatuated parents since ancient times. Who has seen filial piety for children and grandchildren?
The song "Heart is Hard to Feet" in Cai Mao Notes is written like this:
Running around all day, just to satisfy hunger, just to teach you to eat and wear warm clothes.
Have plenty of food and clothing, and you will miss your wife when the bridal chamber is cold.
It's warm to marry a wife, but you can't send her to the old man for fear of having no children.
Having a wife and children is fun, and thinking about low-rise houses all day.
Up tall buildings and buildings, there is no official position to be bullied.
Xiancheng is too young to be the master, and he is thin, so he wants to wear purple clothes.
When people's hearts are like the sea, they can't help chasing Yamaraja.
"Why become a monk when you have nothing to do but sweep away flies?" This is a poem written by Yuan Mei, a famous poet in Qing Dynasty, in the poem Accidental Success. He advocates the combination of static and dynamic. When reading, he might as well do something like cleaning the study, which can not only exercise his bones and muscles, but also create a clean environment. Yuan Mei died at the age of 82, known as "a generation of satellites and a star of longevity". After arriving in Gu Xi, I was unable to engage in activities such as cleaning the study. What should I do to amuse myself? He wrote in "Poems in My Heart":
Keep smiling like this. What do you do for fun? There is no other way to think, but to recite more poems.
And wrote:
For example, there are still unfinished silkworms, so why not dump them and let the world know.
The lines between the lines are full of the optimistic and enterprising spirit of the testator, which is quite enlightening.
The Song of Deficiency written by Yan Jingming, a scholar of Dongting in Qing Dynasty, is more enlightening:
I'm not angry at his popularity. I didn't mean to be angry with him.
If he is angry, no one will take his place when he is ill.
Ask a doctor for treatment, but qi disease is difficult to treat.
The harm of Qi is so terrible that I am afraid I will die.
Today, I tasted the taste of anger. If I'm not angry, I'm really not angry.