Ge Hong Taoist embrace simplicity Slim ( on)

Cao Ying Wang Ruifang, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Ge Hong ( 283 ~ 363 ), the word number young Sichuan, embrace simplicity, is our country the Jin Dynasty famous Taoist theoretician, alchemists, medical experts. Ge Hong's thought of health preservation in permeability bright Taoist thought.

        Think of God by keeping vigour

        Ge Hong read all kinds of books in full at the same time, gradually to the Taoist theory generated strong interest. He thinks, Taoism and Confucianism is the fundamental difference between, Confucian tend to pursue high official positions and riches, which easily compete with each other, mutually exclusive, and hurt each other, which leads to mental and physical exhaustion. The Taoist pursuit is a Wuyuwuqiu realm, through their own practice and health life. Ge Hong health thought is based on his theory of Taoism, Taoist theology for his health to provide favorable spiritual prop.

        Ge Hong's health was to die to sin as main objective. His theory of keeping in good health is" to your life, longevity can be repaired within; keep a gas line, function". Mean, human's life is most precious, live forever and never die became immortal is available through practicing to get. A practitioner's approach is to keep the gas line, and then raise spirit. This is a kind of practice within the will of self-cultivation method.

        Ge Hong in "baopuzi in the" free" of" mysterious pointed out: "black" is nature's ancestor, is all things Zong Yuan. He thinks," black" is a supernatural being, "Xuan" is the root of all things in heaven and earth. Practitioners to understand "black ", must have a net. The method is to keep the"". " A" is the real gas. " Shou " is indifferent to its, renounce distracting thoughts, self-aligning meditation, single-minded, devote themselves to convalesce, strength will be filled, people will naturally healthy. In the course of"," still speaks of, person is like a tripod stoves, using in vivo fine, gas, with the idea of God as a drug, guiding, make fine, gas, God loops in vivo firing, refined, gas, God in the in vivo setting Cheng Dan, and then by Wen Yang for the bath, can fly. This is the " inner" operation. As a result of the Taoist theology is his thought of health preservation system the main theoretical source, so he asked people through Taoism Neidanshu accomplishment, in order to" keep a true", maintain vitality.

        Not matter tired ring to repair

        Ge Hong thinks," metaphysics" is from the heart in understanding obtained, but to rely on external to hold. There are people who want to live life? But glory, splendour, wealth and rank the temptation of human mind, charming face, triclosan skin confuse the eyes, music disturb the human auditory, love interest that haunt the human spirit, high official positions and riches tied with the human body. All of these are the uninvited, do not need to learn that people will love. However, extreme joy begets sorrow, filled with have a deficit. If the sense enjoyment and material enjoyment of excessive greed, desire will being encumbered, make people fall into the traps of endless pursuit, all kinds of trouble will follow, ultimately leading to damage life. " Chang Xuan" pointed out the temptation to human health damage, beautiful music, clear flow characteristics can damage the hearing; dazzling flowers can damage eyes; full-bodied wine can disturb the human nature; coquettish females can cut down the man's life. In addition, Ge Hong also cited the other 13 kinds of beverages:

        "Baopuzi" --" Thirteen wounds"

        Just beyond stuck thinking, the wound also;

        Power greatly and strong to lift, the wound also;

        Sorrow and joy, the wound also; too poor, the wound also;

        Just to hurt; long talk, talk, injury also;

        Sleep time, also took up his bow and crossbow injuries; injury also cited;

        This vomiting, injury; satiation is horizontal, the wound also;

        Jump walk out of lack, also hailed the cry, wound; wound also;

        Yin and yang are not delivered, the wound also.

        Mean, or if not up to and force reflection can be killed; physical incompetence and strong to do sth be killed; sad can not worn; joy can not excessive; eager to get something can not speak; too much or too long, can not sleep without laughter; rules can be killed; strong bow draught crossbow can be killed; drinking drunk to vomiting may damage; satiation after sleep immediately can not run and skip; acute asthma can damage the health that lack; too happy sad can not be killed; life is not normal. These injuries in the first people don't realize it, but the accumulation to a certain extent, it will damage the life.

        Ge Hong stressed:" health in order not to hurt the, this word is." Since the temptations of life that kills, then stop to external visual eye damage, removal of visual beauty, to listen to music, the ear plug from damage to hearing voices that people must do. Ge Hong was deeply on this, it puts forward the" from " specific requirement. Good health of the people to get rid of the six aspects of the harm, then you can live a hundred years. Then, the six aspects of the harm and refers to what?

        Health "six evils"

        Harm and fame, two and three, and wealth,

        Four taste, five. Six had a concubine, and cursed and.

        To dispel the" six evils" must do the following six aspects: to be indifferent to fame and wealth; two to ban harsh sound and adultery; three to reduce the effects of desire; four to reduce the taste pursuit; we will remove the unreasonable paranoia; six to remove the envy psychology. At the same time, but also to do "Twelve less".

        Health "Twelve less"

        Less thinking, less read less, smile, little words, less happy, less anger,

        Less happy, less anxious, less good, evil thing less, less, less machine.

        Ge Hong realized, relying solely on the empty talk is difficult to reach the ring for the purpose, so he according to people Bihuoqiufu general psychological, encourage people to adjust state of mind. He stressed that, as long as one can eliminate the temptation to envy psychology, it reverted to normal state of mind to come up; dispelling unrealistic idea, abandon damage truth practices, and the effects of weak, lose the evil intention, will Fuk Fu and unsolicited, without the addition of disaster and disaster since the to.

        The ring to theory in today is very practical significance. If a person can control various desires, there will be no congenial secure personal gain, contend for profit, corruption, bribery, blackmail and impose exactions on theft, bluff and deceive, even murder for money, be utterly devoid of conscience to happen. Nature's boundless, human desire is endless. If a limited life to the pursuit of endless fame will worry about personal gains and losses, thereby exhausting, damage to health.

        " Vegetable roots" cloud : "life is only for word tired, like horses such as cattle, who listen to the headstall network; the eagle for dogs, any matter lash. If it is clear, indifferent to, the world can not rotate I, ghosts can encourage me, besides all just things?"

        Don't be too much in pursuit of sensual pleasures and materialistic greed, only from the secular high official positions and riches and popular sentiment desire, discarded objects of temptation, in order to achieve fame, Zhicungaoyuan, reach the ideal realm of freedom.