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Taoism and Health Preservation (1880-1969), a collection of scholarly essays by modern Chinese Taoist scholar Chen Xuanning (1880-1969). Chen Baoning is a Taoist layman, formerly known as Yuanshan, Zhixiang, Zixiu, later renamed Xuanning, called Yuan Dunzi, Anhui Huaining people, for Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism three cultures are very good at research, in 1961 served as the second China Taoist Association president. He wrote a lot of works during his lifetime, but many were lost due to the war, this book includes the "Yangshan Semi-Monthly", "Xiandao Monthly", "Taoist Association Journal" published in Chen Xuaning's writings or works, Neiyuan Tongrong is mostly about the history of Taoism and health studies, for the study of Chen Xuanning's academic thought has a high value.

The content of the book is divided into four parts: Taoism and Taoism, Immortal Taoism, Letters and Poems, and Speeches, with an autobiography written by Chen Baoning in 1953 at the front of the book, and an appendix written by Li Yangzheng on Chen Xuaning and the Immortal Studies he advocated, which stated and evaluated Chen Baoning and the theories and methods of immortalism that he advocated throughout his life. The book was compiled by the Tonghua China Daohail Wheel Tanjiao Association, published by the Chinese Publishing House in July 19**, and reprinted in the 2000th year.

Chen Xuanning, Taoism and Health Preservation (Beijing: Chinese Publishing House, 1989).

The fundamental purpose of Taoist health preservation is to eliminate the interference of all external factors on life activities and seek physical and mental liberation. Therefore, advocating nature has become the basic principle of Taoist health preservation, and the Taoist view is that by taking the change of order in nature as the law, abandoning the rational factors of human beings, and taking natural actions in health preservation, we can maintain health and prolong life.

Lao Tzu said that "man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law, and the Tao is the nature", everything of people should conform to the laws of nature, and they should not violate the principles of heaven and earth. And the people of the original. The state is closest to nature, so he proposed to return to simplicity, pushing the baby to the ideal standard of "simplicity" and "truth", and the highest standard of health care to return to the state of the baby.

Zhuangzi believes that the unity of man and nature is the highest state of health preservation, and advocates the elimination of all artificial deliberate pursuits, and believes that "non-action", "non-existence" and "absolute free and easy knowledge" are the fundamental ways to achieve the unity of man and nature.

In a broad sense, Taoist health care includes the Taoist outlook on life, the theory of immortals and the magic of becoming immortals, and in a narrow sense, Taoist health care refers to the use of taboos, food, qigong, martial arts and other specific means to make people's body and mind achieve a state of internal and external coordination, so as to prolong people's lifespan, so that people can enjoy their days in a state of physical and mental peace. The so-called Taoist health care refers to health care in a narrow sense.

Taoism is based on the Taoist cosmology. It is believed that all things in the universe, including human beings, are the products of the Tao, so only those who conform to the laws of the Tao, become one with all things in heaven and earth, and are in a natural state of existence are in the best state of existence.

Health Collection" Cloud: Health care essentials, one is to be stingy, two is love, three is to nourish the body, four is to guide, five is speech, six is diet, seven is room, eight is anti-vulgar, nine is medicine, and ten is taboo. In addition, Neidan cultivation, qigong, martial arts, etc. are also important means.

The Taiping Sutra clearly points out the longevity concept of valuing essence, loving qi, and respecting gods. "Lao Tzu's Notes" emphasizes the principle that the body should always be self-generated and the spirit is the foundation. The "Huang Ting Jing" focuses on the cultivation method of "thinking and thinking".

The Inner Chapter of Bao Puzi proposes a systematic way of health preservation based on nourishing qi and blood. In the "Record of Nourishing Life and Extending Life", the principle of "12 less and 12 more" was proposed. Sun Simiao's "Qianjin Yao Fang", "Qianjin Wing Fang", and "Practicing Qi Ming" focus on medicine, hygiene, and Taoist internal cultivation theories, and believe that "the breath has to take care of the old branches, that is, all diseases will not be born".

Those who are good at taking care of must know how to regulate the air. Qi regulating prescription to treat all diseases. Dictionary of Chinese Taoism (Beijing:

China Social Sciences Press, 1995). History of Taoism in China