Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals put forward the ideas of "attaching importance to life" and "rebirth" for people to know. "Lu Lan" says: "Sages are deeply concerned about the world, and life is not expensive." The most fundamental point of "expensive life" is "health preservation". How to "preserve one's health" "Lu Lan" says: "Where you preserve one's health, you don't know the origin, you know the origin, and you get sick for no reason." "If you are comfortable, you will live longer." And put forward several fitness methods:
Nourish essence and eliminate evil spirits. "The essence wants to do it, and if you do it, you will be ill and have no place to live." "Persistent illness" is the result of "qi stagnation". "Fine" should "use its new, discard its old and get its meaning". In other words, people should always maintain an optimistic and positive mental state, and all aspects of physical and mental functions can flourish. By adjusting the balance of the body, you can enhance the body's resistance, and naturally you will live a long and healthy life.
Calm and steady. "Calm is better than nature, nature is smart and longevity, and calm is the reason for happiness". People can keep calm and open-minded, and both physiology and psychology can play a good regulatory role.
Get love and desire. "If you have feelings, you have feelings." Everyone has normal feelings and desires, which are normal physiological and psychological needs. If they are satisfied, they will get their feelings. If they are too greedy, they will go beyond the normal range, that is, they will lose their feelings, and they will inevitably get sick and even lose. "Therefore, a saint must get what he wants first." Desire is abstinence. Doing so is good for physical and mental health.
Self-control hurts people. People have a desire for "sensuality", which is beneficial if it is appropriate, but harmful if it is excessive. Therefore, it is necessary to "take what is beneficial to sex and give it up if it is harmful to sex" and "eyes, ears, mouth and nose, not refined, but restrained". This kind of self-control that is beneficial to physical and mental health is also an important condition for "health preservation". On the other hand, we should also "eliminate pests", that is, eliminate all internal and external factors that are not conducive to health and longevity, such as bad psychology, diet, climate and environment. Psychological emotions such as "great joy, great anger, great worry, great fear and great sorrow" are harmful factors and must be eliminated.
Eat on time and in moderation. The book puts forward a set of "diet" on the basis of "eliminating harm". First of all, "food is not thick and taste is not strong", which can avoid many diseases. Secondly, we must "eat on time", that is, eat on time, "the body will be free from disaster." Then there is "not hungry and not full" and "you must swallow it when you drink it". Only in this way can the functions of the five internal organs not be harmed. In addition, we should also pay attention to the psychological mood and posture when eating, and be "worried and happy" and "harmonious and inclusive", that is, calm and dignified. These are all wise sayings, completely in line with the truth of modern science.
Constant luck and diligence. Life lies in exercise. "Running water does not rot, and the household pivot is not stupid." In a person's life, "shape and qi are the same", "shape does not move, essence does not flow, essence does not flow, and qi is depressed". People who don't exercise or don't exercise will inevitably lead to physical degradation, dysfunction of internal organs, and diseases will naturally take advantage of it. Moving can be said to be the foundation of health and longevity.
Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals also believes that prevention and health care are very important for diseases, and diseases go by themselves. If you are sick, you should actively seek medical treatment, and you must not be superstitious about the "Divination Hall". This will not only cure the disease, but will "stop boiling with soup" and "more and more diseases".
Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals is a masterpiece handed down like an ancient encyclopedia, and it is the representative work of sages in pre-Qin period. As far as the idea of health preservation is concerned, it is the richest in the works of pre-Qin philosophers. His ideological system not only inherited the contents of Taoism and Confucianism, but also absorbed the theories of Mohism and Legalism. There are 160 books, about 50 of which are related to health preservation, which shows the importance attached to health preservation culture at that time. (Ding Shudong)