Ming and Qing health writings are a blend of inheritance and innovation

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-30

Autumn and Winter Check-in Challenge In the long river of Chinese culture, health culture has always occupied an important position. Especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, health care books sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, providing a wealth of health knowledge and practice methods for future generations. However, although these works are rich and diverse, to a large extent, they focus on collating and summarizing the experiences and theories of predecessors, and lack real innovative works. Nevertheless, the main contribution of the health preservation works of the Ming and Qing dynasties was to promote the comprehensive and diversified development of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation, such as the combination of movement and static, the combination of practice and food and medicine, etc.

First of all, on the basis of sorting out and summarizing the experience of predecessors, the health works of the Ming and Qing dynasties comprehensively sorted out and integrated the health care of traditional Chinese medicine. These works not only include the classic expositions of ancient medical scholars, but also absorb the wisdom and practical experience of folk health preservation. Through the in-depth study and analysis of these materials, the Ming and Qing dynasties provide us with a comprehensive and systematic system of TCM health preservation, enabling us to better understand and master the basic principles and methods of health preservation.

Secondly, on the basis of inheriting the tradition, the health works of the Ming and Qing dynasties also showed a certain spirit of innovation. For example, the health works of the Ming and Qing dynasties began to emphasize the principle of combining movement and static, believing that health preservation should not only pay attention to physical exercise, but also pay attention to the cultivation of the soul. This view breaks through the traditional concept of health care and provides a new idea for future generations to practice health preservation.

In addition, the health writings of the Ming and Qing dynasties also advocated the method of combining practice with food and medicine, emphasizing the purpose of health preservation through reasonable diet and drug conditioning. This comprehensive approach to wellness was very advanced at the time and had a profound impact on the practice of wellness in later generations.

However, we must also see the shortcomings of the Ming and Qing health works in terms of innovation. Due to the influence of historical conditions and cultural traditions, these works are still largely based on the collation and summarization of the experience of their predecessors, and lack real innovative works. This made the health preservation works of the Ming and Qing dynasties limit the development of traditional Chinese medicine health care to a certain extent.

In short, the health works of the Ming and Qing dynasties have made certain achievements in inheritance and innovation, and have made important contributions to the development of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation. However, we should also recognize the shortcomings and strive to promote the innovative development of TCM health care so that it can better serve the cause of human health.

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