Research On The Thought And Value Of Laozi And Zhuangzi Health Preservation

With the development of society and the improvement of people’s living standards,there are two major problems in today’s society: indifference to life and poverty of spiritual life.It is beneficial to carry forward the resources of Chinese traditional health culture to study and excavate Lao Zhuang’s health keeping thought,and it will also produce beneficial guidance to the theory and practice of health keeping in today’s society,and is also of great benefit to people to maintain life and health.The paper mainly consists of five parts:The first part mainly elaborated the research goal and the significance,the domestic and foreign research present situation,the research method,the innovation point.The second part elaborates the background of Laozhuang ’s health preservation thought.First of all,it expounds the previous attempts of health keeping wisdom,that is,a series of health keeping theories and practices from the beginning of human birth to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.Secondly,it expounds the social background at that time,that is,from the political and economic aspects,it analyzes the emergence of Lao Zhuang’s health preservation thought.Finally,from the professional background of Laozi and Zhuangzi,this paper analyzes the reasons for their different health keeping thoughts.The third part of Lao Zhuang’s health thoughts from health connotation,health principles and health methods of three levels of specific classification.First of all,elaborated laozi’s natural non-action health preservation connotation,the health preservation principle of both physical and mental health,the health preservation method of less private and less desire.Secondly,it expounds the health connotation of Zhuangzi’s mind swimming by things,the health principle of both body and spirit,and the health method of mind sitting and forgetting.The fourth part from the view of life,outlook on life and the view of longevity of Lao zhuang and zhuang’s health thought comparative analysis.In view of life,Laozi was cautious and introverted,while Zhuangzi was philosophical and spontaneous;In terms of outlook on life,Laozi pursues self-liberation while Zhuangzi pursues transcendence.In terms of longevity,Laozi advocates spiritual immortality while Zhuangzi advocates spiritual freedom.The fifth part mainly expounds the influence of Lao zhuang thought on Taoism and traditional Chinese medicine,the enlightenment to people’s health activities and the significance of promoting the great cause of "healthy China".Contemporary health maintenance and Laozhuang health philosophy in the same vein.The latter is still alive and well in the modern world.Lao Zhuang’s thought of keeping healthy is an inexhaustible treasure house of thoughts in the theoretical and practical research of keeping healthy in modern society.