Poetry can speak the mind, poetry can be pleasant, and poetry can also nourish the body. Today, we introduce some ancient poems about nourishing the body.
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Cao Cao, the Emperor of Wei, was keen on studying the theory of refining qi and nourishing sex in order to live a long and healthy life. In his poems, the most wonderful one when the “step out of the summer door line – turtle though longevity”. The poem reads.
Although the tortoise lives, there is still a time for it to die.
Although the tortoise lives, there is still a time for it to die; the snake rides on the fog, but it will be ashes in the end.
The old steed in the stable, the ambition is a thousand miles.
The martyr in his twilight years, the heart of the hero.
The period of surplus and contraction is not only in the sky.
The blessing of nurturing can be obtained forever.
In the poem, the long-lived animal, the tortoise, is used as an example to illustrate the laws of life, old age, sickness and death. At the same time, it is also an ancient song of the way of health, and a golden needle for Cao Cao to give to future generations to maintain health and longevity! Today, people often use the poem “Martyr in his twilight years, his ambition is not over” to express the heart of old age.
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Good nurturing of the soul is an important way to cultivate the body and nourish the soul, and is also a good recipe for prolonging life. Tao Yuanming, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, said in the poem “Drinking Wine”.
The hut in the human realm, and no car and horse noise.
Ask the gentleman what can be? The heart is far away from the ground.
Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern hedge, leisurely see the southern mountains.
The mountain air is good in the evening, and the flying birds return with each other.
There is a true meaning in this, and I forgot to say it.
This is a typical poem of health care, in which the situation and the meaning meet, and the things and the heart merge.
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The family and all things are smooth, the family and all things are prosperous, the family and people are the fountain of happiness in life. The “poet sage” Du Fu in the years of the An Shi Rebellion, displaced, suffering from hardship, physical decline and injury. Fortunately, he had an elderly companion at home who was considerate and intimate with his children. This is evidenced in his poem “Jiangcun”: “My old wife drew paper for a chess game.
The old wife drew paper as a chess game
The old wife draws paper as a chess game, the young son knocks a needle as a fishing hook.
But the old man provides me with rice.
What else can I ask for?
This is the heartfelt words of Du Fu. The warm family life gave the poet the purest and thickest love, the deepest and widest love, so that he could live a peaceful and comfortable life in his later years.
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Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a lot of poems about the way to maintain health. One of his “methods of health” was to practice qigong diligently. In his poem “Negative Winter Day”, he wrote
The winter sun shines brightly, shining in the south corner of my house.
I sit with my eyes closed, and my skin grows in harmony with the qi.
At first it is like drinking molasses, but also like a hibernating person.
The outside of the body is uncluttered, and the middle is free of thoughts.
The heart is with the emptiness where the open will is.
From the poem, we can see that Bai Juyi not only loves qigong, but also has cultivated to a very high level. When he practiced qigong, he was “free from all bones and bones, and in the middle he was free from all thoughts”.
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Fitness needs to be healthy heart, “heart happy to have a body happy”, optimism and open-mindedness, inner joy, in order to fitness and physical strength. How to “heart happy” it? A poem by the famous scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, Roy Cheng, gives a profound inspiration.
The clouds are light and breezy near the noon day.
flowers and willows across the front river.
People of the time do not know that I am happy in my heart.
The people of the time do not know that Yu is happy, they will say that they learn to be a young man in leisure.
He believes that even in old age, life should be as colorful as that of a young man, so that he can enjoy his body and mind and spend his old age happily.
[6] Su Dongpo
In his later years, apart from his love for the landscape, he also devoted himself to the study of medicine, collecting folk remedies and compiling “Su Shen Liang Fang” to help the world. In a poem on health and fitness, he wrote
The feathered insects see the moon and fight to turn over.
I also emitted false brightness.
A thousand combs are cold and quick to wake up the muscles and bones.
Seeing the dew, the frost of the man meets the root.
He said that he was standing in the open pavilion under the bright moonlight, combing his hair for fitness. He also often practiced qigong, “the clouds scattered moon bright who embellished, the sky and the sea is clarified. This is a reflection of his clear spiritual state when practicing qigong.
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Lu You, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, walked through a total of 85 springs and autumns in his life. The unique way of health care contained in his poems can enable us to understand the poet’s secret of longevity, which undoubtedly has practical significance for modern people to improve their health literacy.
Lu You was fond of food nourishment, and lightness was the mainstay. Among the many food therapy methods, Lu You seems to have a preference for eating porridge. He wrote.
Everyone in the world learns long years.
Do not understand the perennial in the present.
I got Wanqiu easy method.
I will only eat porridge to get the immortal.
He believed that a rich diet would increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, and that a light meal was appropriate. Congee is a liquid food, suitable for both young and old, tasty and sticky, rich in nutrients, easy for human digestion and absorption. If you add the corresponding food or food in the congee, such as lotus heart, coix seeds, peanut rice, lamb, American ginseng, carrots, etc., there are also the prevention and treatment of disease, to prolong the life of the disease.
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The founding minister of the Ming Dynasty, assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world’s military division Liu Bowen made a poem of health self-entertainment.
Buy a yellow cow can plow the field.
The thatched hut is near the forest spring.
Because I think I have no more days to grow old.
And to spend a few years in the mountains.
For officials and officials are all dreams.
I am a poet and a wine drinker.
All things in this world increase in price.
Older writings are not worth much.
Liu Bo Wen just reached 60 years old, that is, see through the world, retired to the mountains, to their own bodies and minds a green water and green mountains, to achieve a return to the basics, to enjoy the natural life. To live that “can poetry can wine total immortal” of unrestrained relaxed and free days.
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Gong Tingxian, a famous doctor of the Ming Dynasty, lived to be 92 years old, and he wrote the poem “Regimen”, which is a set of scientific rules about “eating, drinking and playing” based on years of practice of medical treatment and health care. The poem reads as follows The full text of the poem is as follows
Cherish your energy and preserve your essence, and nourish your mind.
Do not think less, do not want to strain your mind.
Eat only half full without taste.
The wine should not be too frequent.
Every time you make fun of the jokes, do not be angry.
Always with pleasure, do not be angry.
Don’t ask any questions about the changes in the heat and cold.
I am free to live a hundred springs.
This poem tells people not to take lightly the “eat, drink and play”. These four words are the “big article” that everyone does throughout their lives, only the years give each person a different score. “Eat, drink and play” is not the purpose of life, but a means of life and work to ensure physical and mental health.
[10] Cao Xueqin’s Dream of the Red Chamber
Cao Xueqin’s “Song of Goodness” in the book “Dream of the Red Chamber” is quite intriguing.
Everyone in the world knows that the gods are good.
But there is not forgetting the merit!
Where are the generals of the past and present?
Where are the generals of the past and present? The pile of grass in the deserted house is gone.
The world knows that the gods are good.
Only gold and silver can not be forgotten!
I only hate that there are not many gatherings in the whole day.
The time has come when the eyes are closed.
The world knows that the gods are good, only the wife can’t forget!
Only the wife can’t be forgotten!
On your birthday, you say you love each other.
You died and went away with others.
Everyone knows the gods are good, only the children can forget them.
Only the children and grandchildren can’t forget!
There are many loving parents in the past.
Who has seen the filial grandchildren?
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The “Song of the Hardness of People’s Hearts” in “Caixuan Zhuanji” is written as follows
The only reason for running around all day is hunger.
Only when we have enough food do we think of clothes.
If there is still enough food and clothing
When the cave is cold, I will think of my wife.
Married to a wife to warm the bed, but
But I am afraid of having no children in my old age.
I am happy to have a wife and children.
I think about the low level of the house all day long.
I can raise a high building and a mansion, but I have no official position to be bullied.
I have no official position to be bullied.
The magistrate is too small.
I want to go to the court and hang a purple coat.
The hearts of people are like the sea, when will they be full?
I can’t help but be chased by Yan Lo.
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“leisurely sweeping Xiaozhai quietly sweeping flies, practice why must be fixed like a monk. This is the famous poet Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty in the poem “Even into”. He advocated the combination of movement and stillness, in between reading might as well do something like cleaning the study, not only can be active muscles and bones, but also to create a clean environment. Yuan Mei was 82 years old and was known as “the literary star and longevity star of his generation”. When he reached his old age, he was no longer able to engage in activities such as sweeping the library, so what should he do for recreation? He wrote in his “Miscellaneous Poems for the Pastime”.
A smile is so old.
What can I do to amuse myself?
I can think of no other way.
I can only recite more poems.
He also wrote
Like the silkworm that is sleeping
There is still silk left.
Why not pour it out quickly?
A thousand years of knowledge.
The words are filled with the spirit of optimism and enterprise to bequeath to posterity, which is quite enlightening.
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In the Qing Dynasty, Yan Jingming wrote the song “not angry”, which makes people realize.
I am not angry with him, I am not angry with him.
I have no intention that he will be angry.
If you get angry and fall for his plan, the
If I am angry with him, I will get sick and no one will replace me.
I ask the doctor to cure me.
He says, “It is not easy to cure the disease of anger.
The danger of anger is too fearful.
I am afraid that my life will be lost because of it.
I have now tasted the taste of qi.
No gas is really no gas.
Although there is no certain pattern in the way of health, but there are rules to follow. Many ancient and modern celebrities’ poems on health have summed up their longevity experience, which is worthy of our reference.
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