The ancients said: Life is rare for seventy years! But look at it now, seventy years old is very common, and 90 years old and even centenarians around us are relatively common.
There was once such an old Taoist, who was tall, deaf and bright, had a loud voice, clear thinking, and a sound memory, and this person was the famous Zhang Zhishun Daoist. He was born in 1912 and died in 2015, living to be 104 years old.
When Zhang Zhishun was born, his family was so poor that he couldn't even eat, and he suffered a lot since he was a child. At the age of 17, he worshipped Liu Mingcang as his teacher, and began his legendary life.
He cherished his hard-won life very much, and while engaging in heavy labor, he actively studied Taoism and Chinese medicine, and practiced penance in Zhongnan Mountain for decades.
Zhang Zhishun not only has a profound Taoist cultivation, but also understands health preservation, understands traditional Chinese medicine, and has even treated many difficult and serious patients. For health preservation, Zhang Zhishun has a lot of experience. He believes that doing these three things well on weekdays is good for the body.
First of all, eat well. What Zhang Daochang said about eating well does not mean that we should have big fish and meat, delicacies from the mountains and seas, and all kinds of nourishment every day, but that we should have coarse tea and light rice, and we should have regular three meals a day. Zhang Daochang has been all his life, and he is very simple in terms of diet, and there is no way to eat in his early years. Later, living conditions improved, but Zhang Daochang always insisted on a simple and regular diet. He believes that eating too well and having too much nutrition is bad for your health.
Indeed, in real life, many chronic diseases are due to eating too well, such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc. Therefore, Zhang Daochang believes that three meals a day should be eaten on time, but to meet the minimum physiological needs.
Second, sleep well. Zhang Daochang's attainments in traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist medicine are very high, and he is very aware of the importance of sleep to the human body. Therefore, it is important to put great emphasis on sleep. He went to bed at 9 o'clock every night and slept until 3 o'clock in the morning the next day to get up and meditate and practice. There will be a short break at noon.
Zhang Zhishun believes that the best time to meditate is when the child is in the time of the child and the time of the yin, because the time of the child opens the heavens, the time of the ugly opens the earth, and the time of the sun can give birth to all things. He practiced from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. for decades. However, Zhang Daochang has repeatedly emphasized that meditation practice must be carried out under the guidance of the teacher, and do not practice blindly by yourself, which will be very dangerous.
Finally, be mindful. Zhang Daochang believes that meditation is the best practice. Why? Because the impact of a person's emotions on health is too great. Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness can all affect the body's endocrine system, resulting in adverse health effects. Zhang Daochang emphasized that the best state of mind is to meditate, and to keep the mind calm as water, that is, to have no emotions. Of course, this is very difficult, but it can be done with a certain form of practice.
Zhang Daochang left a lot of works on health preservation methods, such as "The Source of Qi Body", "Mi Jingzi Jishi Prescription", "Eight Vajra Gong", "Vajra Longevity Gong" and so on, which had a great impact.
Among them, "The Source of Qi Body" mainly talks about the Taoist health classics that Zhang Zhishun has participated in and cultivated. "Mi Jingzi's Prescription for the World" is a prescription accumulated by Zhang Zhishun Dao Chang for many years of medical practice.
The Eight Vajra Gong is a kind of health preservation demonstrated by Zhang Zhishun. "King Kong Longevity Gong" is about Taoism to dispel illness and strengthen the body, health and longevity of a set of excellent **, at the same time, it combines and absorbs the essence of China's traditional qigong and traditional Chinese medicine "Yin and Yang Five Elements" theory, and is further carried forward by Zhang Daochang.
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