Contrast Research On Su Shi And Lu You Thought Of Longevity Preservation

Su Shi who lived in Northern Song Dynasty and Lu You of Southern Song Dynasty were both attached importance to longevity preservation.They had left rich thought inheritance.In the eating and drinking field,Su Shi advocated absorbing food broadly and attached importance to the material enearth and food processing.Lu You advocated choosing food cautiously,processing food concisely and delicate taste; Su and Lu both agreed with"Food Recipes"but disagreed with immortatily pill;they both thought that being on diet does good for health.In the field of daily life,Su thought that sleep can recover spirit,Lu thought that sleep could break away from sadness and annoyance but gain peace and relaxtion then;Su Shi advocated being moderate in a sexual intercourse,Lu You advocated suppressing sensual passion;They all thought that doing exercises had benefit to keep in good health.Su thought that"daoyin"could achieve this purpose,insteadly,Lu was inclined to martial art and labour works.Su thought that the fine environment would help people in preserving longevity,bad environment or the environment abruptness change did harm to health.Lu thought that the environment simple but elegant,being encircled by landscape was beneficial to keep in good health,he especially attached importance to arrange habitancy environment to realize oneself nurses.In the spirit field,both Su and Lu thought that the tranquility keeping mood gentleness was beneficial to health;Su Shi and Lu You all know that cultivating moral character and cultivating mental character was an important component of life;They also thought that elegant entertainment promoted state of health,therefore they promoted mind health by traveling,reading,playing chess, playing"guqin",painting and drinking.The differences between Su and Lu's longevity preservation thought coursed by their differrent society background,family atmosphere,personal history and value.To some extend,it embodied the trends of Literati and officialdom class's longevity preservation thought,which was inclined to concise,pragmatic and drawing Confucian learning. Although deal with a lot of fields of youth preservation,their thought characteristics that giving consideration to both body and soul,activities and convalescing,provide an important reference for our present age people.