| Since the Huangdi Neijing was finished, which provided the foundation for the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) throey, the TCM exhibited its vitality until now. Compared with the other Chinese ancient science and technologies, there was no actual revolution in the development of TCM. TCM, aimed to prevent or cure physical or psychological disorders, seek to the creation of life, healthcare and the pursuit of longevity of life. So-called, the most value of the nature is life.The thought of life is an important part of TCM. Based on the thought of life, TCM developed its world outlook,outlook on life,ontology and theory of knowledge. Life is the beginning for the nature, just like the baby said by Laotzu; life is the process, in which TCM crate many good treatment to achieve the balance between the Yin and Yang; life is the goal which was seek by many people; life is the result of clinical practice, which aim to improve the people's life. So, life is the process of the motion of the universe, which incarnate the basic value of nature.There was abundant record of life theory in the ancient codes and records of Pre-Qin. The life thought of TCM was influenced deeply by the life thought of philosophy of Pre-Qin. Tri-fold Evidence Methodology told that the remains of the prehistoric civilization was the an important source for the study of TCM's life thought. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said that 99% of prehistoric civilizations were the rock arts. The rock art was the significant dissemination for media and information record. The ancient people record their thoughts and feelings on the surface of rocks. Though existed in the nature for thousands years, we can get a close touch with the ancient people's thoughts, philosophy, life and society from the simple technique, anomalous distribution and abstract designs. There must be some important resources for the study on TCM's life thought.The earliest record of rock arts was the Shui jingzhu by Daoyuan Li in China. We can find many records in the books after, especially in the local chronicles. Rock arts record the ancient people's life, face & body, animals and plants and symbols. Life was always the major content of rock arts, which influenced on the developing of the culture after. Rock arts uphold life, which was identical with the TCM' s theory. Through comparison, some grass or tree rock arts were connected with the character "Sheng". The copulation rock arts and baby rock arts contridute to the thought of adoring life.In the study of thinking patterns, we found the rock arts began to represent the overall thinking characteristic. The symbols began to have the fixed connotation. The changes from reproduction to image were appeared in the rock arts.There are many rock arts referring to the life, and put the life in the relationship net. The rock arts began to discuss the relationship between nature and people, and the relationship had changed, which must have a further influence on the views heaven and manRock arts had the tradition to record the Celestial Phenomena and began to understand the relationship between the Celestial Phenomena and life, which contained the unvarnished Yin-yang Theory. The mode of existence of life from the TCM perhaps oriented from the rock arts.
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