Music calligraphy
Ji Kang was proficient in music and especially loved playing the piano. He wrote the music theory works "Qin Fu" and "Soundless Sad Music Theory". He advocated that the essence of sound is "harmony", and that harmony with heaven and earth is the highest state of music. He believed that joy, anger, sorrow, and joy are not essentially musical emotions but human emotions. Ji Kang wrote "The Wind Enters the Pine", and it is said that "Encountering Gods in the Lonely Pavilion" was also written by Ji Kang. He also composed four pieces, "Chang Qing", "Duan Qing", "Chang Side" and "Duan Side", which are called "Ji's Four Nongs". Together with "Cai's Five Nongs" composed by Cai Yong, they are collectively known as "Nine Nongs". , is a famous set of Qin music in ancient my country.
Ji Kang is good at calligraphy and specializes in cursive script. His ink marks are "illuminating and lively" and are classified as a masterpiece of cursive calligraphy. Zhang Yanyuan's "Fa Shu Yao Lu" of the Tang Dynasty ranked second in cursive script. He was also good at painting. "Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties" by Zhang Yanyuan of the Tang Dynasty records that Ji Kang's "The Picture of Washing the Ears by a Nest" and "The Picture of a Lion Attacking an Elephant" were handed down to the world at that time, but they have all been lost.
Literary Creation
Ji Kang’s literary creation mainly includes poetry and prose. There are more than 50 of his poems in existence today, most of which are four-character rhyme poems, accounting for more than half. Ji Kang's work, "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi" records a collection of 13 volumes and a separate 15 volumes. The original collection in the Song Dynasty was lost, leaving only 10 volumes. The number of volumes in the Ming Dynasty edition is the same as that in the Song edition, but the number of chapters is reduced. Common ones in the Ming Dynasty include "Jizhong Sanji" engraved by Wang Shixian (included in "Collections of Twenty Famous Masters of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties"), "Jizhong Sanji" engraved by Zhang Pu (included in "Collection of One Hundred and Three Masters of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties"), etc. In 1924, Lu Xun edited and proofread "The Collection of Ji Kang", and in 1938 it was included in the 9th volume of "The Complete Works of Lu Xun". "The Collection of Ji Kang" edited and annotated by Dai Mingyang was published by People's Literature Publishing House in 1962. In addition to proofreading and annotation, this book also collects deeds and critical materials about Ji Kang.
How to preserve health
Ji Kang inherited Lao and Zhuang’s thoughts on health preservation and had great experience in practice. His "On Health Preservation" is the first comprehensive and comprehensive article in the history of Chinese health preservation. A more systematic monograph on health care. Later generations of health-preserving masters such as Tao Hongjing and Sun Simiao all learned from his health-preserving ideas.
In the ten volumes of "Ji Kang Ji", every chapter contains the principles of health preservation, and puts forward the view of health preservation of "go beyond the famous teachings and let nature take its course".
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the study of health preservation flourished, but at that time there were two opposing thoughts: one was that one could become an immortal and live forever by practicing Taoism; the other was that "life and death are entirely determined by heaven and not by humans." "Ji Kang pointed out that in view of this phenomenon, it is impossible for gods to be immortals. If the guidance is correct, the theories of An Qi and Peng Zu can be achieved.
In his important work "On Health Preservation", he put forward the following views based on the general argument that good nutrition can lead to longevity:
1. Maintain both body and soul. The important thing is to rest your mind. He gave an example of the powerful effect of spirit on the human body, pointing out that "from this point of view, the spirit is to the body just like the king of a country." Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that human beings have God as their foundation, and if God is destroyed, the body will be destroyed. Ji Kang grasped the fundamentals of health preservation here.
2. In health care, we must pay attention to one function and one benefit, be careful of the harm caused by one mistake, and carry out comprehensively. Ji Kang believes that all things are born from the heaven and the earth. They receive different maintenance and have different life spans. Don’t do it because the benefit is small, and don’t do it because it is too small. Be on guard against the slightest change, take preventive measures in advance, and actively strive for longevity.
3. Point out that if you do not pay attention to health care, indulge in sounds, colors, tastes, and have excessive seven emotions, you will easily die young. "With my humble body, I can't attack it in one piece; my body is easily exhausted, and it is attacked internally and externally; it is not wood or stone, how long can it last?"
Four. Ji Kang also warned those who maintain health to have Confidence and perseverance, otherwise it will not be effective. We must also follow the example of those who are good at maintaining health, actively absorb good health methods, be pure in mind, keep the truth, and "steam it with Ganoderma lucidum, moisten it with sweet spring water, sing it with the morning sun, and slow it down with five strings", so that you can "be with Xian" The family lives longer than the family, and competes with Wang Qiao for years."
Ji Kang himself practiced it personally. His friends said: "I have lived with Kang for twenty years, and I have never seen him happy or unhappy." He almost fulfilled all the theories he proposed, but he made mistakes. "Inside the camp and forgetting outside" was a taboo, and he was eventually framed and killed.