Poems can express aspirations, cultivate sentiments, and preserve health. This article introduces some ancient poems about health preservation. China is a country of poetry. Among the vast ancient and modern poems, many famous people embody their health-preserving methods in poems and songs. These poems integrate knowledge, science, practicality and interest, leaving precious health-preserving ideas for people. Spiritual wealth, quite enlightening to read. If you can read and memorize frequently, it will be very beneficial to your physical and mental health.
Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty, was enthusiastic about studying the principles of refining qi and nourishing nature in order to achieve health and longevity. Among his health-preserving poems, the most exciting one is "Stepping out of Xiamen Xing·Guo Sui Long". The poem reads:
Although the divine turtle lives a long life, it still has its time; the soaring snake rides on the mist and eventually becomes ashes.
The old man is always ambitious, but the martyr is ambitious in his old age.
The period of profit and contraction is not only in heaven; if you cultivate good fortune, you can gain eternal life.
The poem uses the long-lived animal turtle as an example to illustrate the laws of birth, aging, illness and death. At the same time, it is also an eternal song of health preservation, and it is Cao Cao’s golden needle for future generations to maintain health and longevity! People today often use the poem "martyrs in their old age, with endless ambitions" to express their old and strong mind.
Being good at nourishing the mind is an important way to cultivate one’s moral character and one’s character, and it is also a good way to prolong life. Tao Yuanming, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, said in his poem "Drinking":
The house is in a human environment, without the noise of cars and horses. I ask you, how can you do this? Your mind is far away and you are biased.
Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, you can leisurely see Nanshan Mountain. The mountain air is getting better day by day and the birds are flying back and forth.
There is a true meaning in this, but I have forgotten to explain it. "This is a typical health-preserving poem, where the environment and the mind are in harmony, and the objects and the heart are in harmony. It is really wonderful!
Everything goes well with a harmonious family, everything is prosperous with a harmonious family, and harmony within the family is the source of happiness in life. The "Poetic Saint" Du Fu was displaced, suffered hardships, and was physically and mentally injured during the An-Shi Rebellion. Fortunately, he had a considerate wife and loving children at home. This is confirmed in his poem "Jiangcun":
The old wife draws paper to make a chess game, and the child knocks needles to make fishing hooks;
But if an old friend provides rice, what else can I ask for in addition to my small body?
This is Du Fu's Words from the bottom of my heart. The warm family life gave the poet the most pure and deep love, which made him live a more leisurely and comfortable life in his later years.
In his poems, Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote: Many of them describe health-preserving methods. One of his "health-preserving methods" is to practice Qigong diligently. He wrote in the poem "Winter Day": The bright winter sun rises in the south corner of my house. , Sit down with your eyes closed, and the Qi will grow on your skin.
At first, it is like drinking wine, and it is like a stinging person. Where the ambition is, the heart is empty.
It can be seen from the poem that Bai Juyi not only loves Qigong, but also has practiced it to a very high level. ”, this is not something that ordinary people who practice Qigong can achieve.
To keep fit, you need to strengthen your mind. What about "music"? A poem by Cheng Hao, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, gives people a profound inspiration:
The clouds are light and the wind is gentle. It is almost noon, and the flowers and willows are passing by the front river;
When If a person does not know how to enjoy himself, he will be said to be imitating the youth.
He believes that even when one is old, his life should be as colorful as that of a young person, so as to enjoy his old age.
< p>Su Dongpo, a writer in the Song Dynasty, had a bumpy career and was very unsuccessful, but he was optimistic about life and indifferent to fame and fortune. In his later years, in addition to his love for mountains and rivers, he also devoted himself to the study of medicine, collected folk prescriptions, and compiled "Su Chen Liangfang" to help the world and save people. In a poem about health and fitness, he wrote:When the feathers and insects see the moon, they turn over, and I also exude Xu Mingxuan.
Thousands of cold combs wake up the muscles and bones, and the dew makes people angry. The frost meets the root.
It is about the scene of him standing in the empty pavilion under the bright moonlight, combing his hair and exercising. Rong Hai's color is clear. " is a portrayal of his clear and clear spiritual state when he practiced Qigong.
Lu You, the great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, went through 85 spring and autumn years in his life. The unique health-preserving methods contained in his poems can make us understand Understanding the poet's secret to longevity is undoubtedly of practical reference for modern people to improve their health literacy.
Lu You favors light nutrition. Among many dietary therapy methods, Lu You seems to be interested in eating porridge. He wrote:
Everyone in the world has been learning for a long time, but they don’t realize that it is always in the present.
I can only gain immortality by eating porridge. >
He believes that a rich diet will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Porridge is a liquid food suitable for all ages. It is delicious, glutinous and nutritious, and can be easily digested and absorbed by the human body. Or food, such as lotus seeds, coix seed, peanuts, mutton, American ginseng, carrots, etc., which also have the function of preventing and curing diseases, curing diseases and prolonging life.
Liu Bowen, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in conquering the world. I wrote a poem for my health and self-entertainment:
I bought an ox to plow the fields, and built a hut next to the forest and spring.
Because I miss the old age, I will spend a few years in the mountains.
Being an official or an official is just a dream. Being able to write poems and drink wine is always a fairy.
Everything in the world increases in price. Articles are worthless when you are old.
Liu Bowen had just turned 60 years old, and he had seen through the world and retired to the mountains and forests, giving himself a green water and green mountains for his body and mind, realizing his return to nature and enjoying his life. I’ve been to those days when “the immortal who can sing poems and drink wine” was free, relaxed, happy and carefree.
Gong Tingxian, a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty, lived to be 92 years old. He wrote "Poems on Nutrition", which is a set of scientific rules about "eating, drinking, having fun" summarized based on many years of practice in treating diseases and maintaining health. The full text of the poem is as follows:
Cherish your energy, preserve your energy, and nourish your mind. Think less and have fewer desires, and don’t worry about it.
Eat only half full without any flavor, drink less than three minutes and don’t drink too much.
Every joke is made with a lot of fun, always with joy and no anger.
Don’t worry if Yanliang becomes deceitful, let me live happily for a hundred years.
This poem tells people not to underestimate "eating, drinking and having fun". These four words are the "big things" that everyone works on throughout their lives, but time gives different scores to everyone. "Eating, drinking and having fun" is not the purpose of life, but a means of living and working to ensure physical and mental health.
The "Good Song" written by Cao Xueqin in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" is quite thought-provoking:
Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but they cannot forget their fame!
Where are the generals and ministers of ancient and modern times? A pile of grass in the deserted house is gone.
Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but only gold and silver can never be forgotten!
In the end, I only regret that there is not much to gather, and when it is too long, my eyes will close.
Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but only my beloved wife will never forget them!
On your birthday, I say you love me, but when you die, you will go with others.
Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but only their children and grandchildren will never forget them!
Since ancient times, there have been many infatuated parents, but who has seen their filial children and grandchildren?
In "Cai Xuan's Trivial Notes" "Song of It's Hard for People's Hearts to Be Enough" is written like this:
Running around all day long just to be hungry can teach you how to have enough food and think about clothes.
If you still have plenty of food and clothing, you will miss your wife when the bridal chamber is cold.
When you get a wife, you will be warmed by the mandarin ducks, but you are afraid of leaving her without children.
I am happy to have a wife and children, but I think about the lowness of the house all day long.
I can build high-rise buildings, but I have no official position and am bullied by others.
Bo Jun, the chief minister of the county, thought he was too small and wanted to hang up his purple robe in the court.
When will the human heart be full like the sea, but Yama will follow me.