There is an old saying in the countryside that "if you cultivate your spirit too much, you will cultivate your shape". What does it mean?

This old saying represents the ancient concept of health preservation, both internal and external cultivation, self-cultivation must be done first. The original meaning is to cultivate the mind first, and then cultivate the body. This concept of keeping in good health, as well as Ge Hong's exposition in Bao Pu Zi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is also based on nourishing the heart:

Shape, God's house.

So, for example, if the dike breaks, the water will be gone.

Where the candle is, the candle is not in the fire.

Physical fatigue leads to distraction and fatigue leads to death.

When the roots are full of branches, the trees will be green.

If you are exhausted and want to win, the elves will leave.

If you want to prolong life, you must first recuperate. Essence, qi and spirit are the innate basis of human life and the supporting framework of human health. If a person's heart is full of sadness all day, life will become more and more confusing. Then, a soulless body, lacking the support of vigor and vitality, and the decline of the body's immune system will inevitably be more vulnerable to diseases. How can we prolong life? Because the ancient people's life span is relatively short, and they all became old people at the age of forty or fifty, so the ancient people attached great importance to self-cultivation. This sentence warns people that if they want to live a long and healthy life, they need both internal and external training to achieve the goal of getting twice the result with half the effort. If we only pay attention to the exercise of appearance, but not to the cultivation of self-restraint, we will not achieve the purpose of self-cultivation

This sentence comes from Huai Nan Zi, which was compiled by Liu An, the king of Huai Nan, a royal family in the Western Han Dynasty. However, the controversy about who the author is should not come from one person, because the content is complex and large-scale, which cannot be completed by one person's energy.

As modern people, we should have a good temper and not be too anxious. In the face of trivial matters in life, we should have a good attitude. For example, if we are happy, it is also a day's life. Why do you want to live a sad life? The combination of manual labor and mental labor should be moderate and maintain a degree; Develop good living habits, be open-minded and not greedy. This concept of health care is worth remembering and inheriting, and it is the essence of our traditional health care culture.