Mencius's long life experience

TangZuXuan DengZhouShi hospital of henan province

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Mencius (about 372 BC to 289 BC), is our country of the warring states period a great thinker and educator, is the representative of the Confucian, people call for most holy Confucius, mencius is the holy said. It is said that mencius lived for 84 years, it had medical level is relatively backward, calculate going up is a long life. Why is he so long? Use modern view analysis, we will its divided into four aspects.

        JiShan ChengDe

        Mencius was shandong zou, name Ke, childhood mother of carefully by raising and education. Mother meng mencius' growth of demand is very strict, she think that living environment can affect the person's physical and mental health, so when mother meng found living artificial environment atmosphere against the growth of mencius, had moved to three times, make mencius had the good living and learning environment. Mother meng also strict requirements mencius diligent study, struggling, she will is woven cloth cut off say: "you give up, like to study to cut cloth-sample, will never succeed." Mencius working reading, finally futures.

        Mencius in suitable environment life, also formed his usual love good deeds, are the source of the JiShan character. Mencius advocate maintenance conscience, reduce lusts; Sweep before your own door, to kind; Friends of the right hand in moral character; The behavior want Ann keep points, not sorrow impoverished; To frustrates, needs, and said good deeds, and people to weep, and people sharing; Advocate benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, that is, to have pity (ren), the heart of the upright (just), the heart of the honour (gift), ShiFeiZhiXin (wisdom), lowly heart (letter). He was able to regulate their own behavior, for your body will be more helpful. This is the ancients says "nature is the life", "the wise life" the truth. A person to eliminate all sorts of delusion, a good word to say more at ordinary times, how to do good. Medical sun simiao said: "heart sincerity is thought, the reason except cultivate one's morality to worry about." Develop good character, often made to help others, can make his open-minded, emotional stability. Dong han scholars think, nature is the life, so the greed and no end in heart, peace and do not break chung, take the beauty of heaven and earth to feed their body ", with long life is good cultivate one's morality raises a gender. Mencius often cherish charity of heart, JiShan ChengDe, this is one of his secret of longevity.

        Lobbied hard

        Mencius often live in the age of war, mencius witnessed the suffering caused to the people's war, and here, and chu, yan, song, shandong and other foreign countries for lobbying, promote his "righteousness" claim. Because of mencius cultured, and outspoken debate, countries Kings like to listen to the published his political opinions, mostly warm interview, respect. Mencius in the process of going out for a long time, the physical exercise and will, for his good health and longevity laid a good foundation. Modern medical studies suggest that any form of movement could benefit the health of the human body, the person's bones and muscles need activities stretch, and blood of the people need to run unobstructed, this is "body to often fatigue" motif. People can improve blood circulation of physical movement operation, and the five zang-organs, through the veins, nurture muscles, bones strong gluten. Mencius to travel around, from the health perspective, do have fitness lift.

        Attendance in the brain

        Mencius at 70 years old later, no longer went out to lobby, engaged in education and writings returned home. Because of his writings, attendance in the brain, the "thought is will have to save, to be god." According to modern health care to learn that the brain stimulation receive information, the more brain cells is developed, the aging process and also more slowly, the so-called "thinking can prolong". Mencius recorded in the book of life mencius theories, thought rich, words, sharp, is good at parables, abound literary skill. Many of them period of sentences, sentence, regarded as a millipede, still in use. Such as: "people for expensive, justice is the second smallest, and king for light"; ", apostatize never to power and flexor "; "The weather as favourable geographical position, which in turn are less and", etc. Of course, their brains to also cannot excessive, the ancients so-called section thinking is said. Mencius long also revealed he is temperate brain, so just be a long life.

        Life is too simple

        Mencius daily life is a simple, especially in the lobbying world, labor journey, often not food and clothing. He never choose food, eat anything, coarse meal never fastidious soup, eat satisfied belly will complain. For the life not crave, happy-go-lucky, simple life habit became his long life and a basic elements.

        In short, mencius although living in unrest during the warring states period, but his mother for he chose for his health growing environment. When he after a success, and pay attention to their own culture, the attendance in the brain, ready to start, conform to the laws of nature, and finally made him a high character, Renaissance longevity saint. His long life experience is worth reference for future generations. D4