| The Wisdom of Royal Glory which appeared in the Karahanilar Dynasty lying in the Western Regions is a full-length poetry style book in Huihe language. It is an important literature that studies politics, laws, morals, philosophy, culture, economy and religion etc. in the Karahanilar Dynasty" over a century, with the multi-versions publishment of the Wisdom of Royal Glory, quite a few research books or articles appeared. International academia had been discussing the Wisdom of Royal Glory" by some scholars at home and abroad." However, until now, there are still fields of study uninvolved. The study explains and analyses the book from health perspective and researches it systematically. In addition, the study gives research results for thorough learning history of life development of ancient Uyghurr nationality in the Karahanila Dynasty in 11 century and overally shows the new aspect of the Wisdom of Royal Glory on academy.The study discusses the following six aspects: physical health, mental health, social health, the harmony between human being and nature, the origin of health thoughts and the influence and limitations of health thoughts. Its content and new standpoints are as follows:Chapter one, the physical health thoughts and the ways to practiceThe book involves 40 kinds of diseases, 4 kinds of treatment principles, over 10 kinds of treatment methods and more than 20 kinds of treatment prescriptions and medicines. It elaborates the standpoints of physical health from 4 respects:1.One should attach importance to the functions, rules and nature of "the four substances" and "four kinds of Ti su" in nature. It is abstractly generalized that all of diseases are caused by disorder of "the four substances" and "four kinds of Ti su." And according to the conclusion, "four great principles" is sorted out. They are "curing with the development of body and mind," "curing with different seasons," "curing with different diseases" and "curing with different stages."2.In accordance with the materials to keep in good health with foods provided by the book, the concrete methods such as "cool food therapy," "hot food therapy," "warm food therapy," "healthy food therapy" and "food therapy by saying prayers"etc, are induced.3.The Wisdom of Royal Glory introduces the healthy-sex standpoints that keep health body and proper sex activities. It elaborates the viewpoints from 3 aspects:(1) Sensual desire is reaction to the stimulation inside or outside, which is the physical need of human being to act that is stimulated by "beautiful poses," which is a kind of living atates or mental appearance. (2) The book explains sex through the meaning of mankind breeding, which gives affirmation for the meaning of sex. (3) The happiness comes from sex. "If the wishes to beg for beauty and loyal are fulfilled, they will get married," which emphasizes that sensual desire is the basis of "health life."4.The Wisdom of Royal Glory emphasizes the means of hygiene defense. In the boom, there are several records about healthy care, such as "clean body, containing and gargling," "moveing more and sleeping less," and "controling feelings reasonably" etc.. This reflects that the ancient Uyghurr had true lord to the godliness and the healthy habits.Qhapter 2, The mental health thoughts and the ways to practice in the Wisdom of Royal GloryFirstly, human being's nature which is the gist of mental health, is dealt with in this book. It is believed that "personality" is shaped by innate bloodline, knowledge and parenting style. Personality is explained not only in the biological views, but also in the cultural views. The above ideas are different from the religious ideas that human being's nature is completely decided by divinity and Allah, which seems to deny the theology on human being's nature.Secondly, most of the 20 diseases recorded in this book are related to "feelings and will," which approves that spirit factors exerted influence upon body health. The idea is penetrated in the desease which causes invertigation, diagnosis, treatment and other links.Thirdly, it is believed that "heart,'"' liver" and "brain" are considered as function organs. The research summarizes one rule and six methods of mental health maintenance according to the book: the rule is to adjust ourselves in accordance with the mental and physical development regulations; the six methods with special features are to maintain mental health by intelligence, feelings, calm, muskiness, supplication, faith and dream. Chapter 3, The social health thoughts and the ways to practice in the Wisdom of Royal GloryThis book has been considering as an ideological programme and enforecment scheme of administering a country well to ensure national secuity. According to the author, the subjects of the book are mainly to elaborate life, life value, living way and the relations between ideal society and happiness. From chapter 28 to 37, the book deals with to establish "an ideal society" and mainly talks about the position and functions of the king, the ministers at all levels. From chapter 51 to 61, the book presents that the position and functions of all kinds of trade staff. A series of opinions are put forward in this book including basic social criteria of justice, legality, virtuousness and benevolence. Based on the social views of health, in this book, a set of measures of society reformation are put forward that the faith, order, legality, morals are taken as basic behavior norms, which stresses not only the restraint of laws, but also the restraint of spirit and are put into practice by education. The society which sheep and volves drink together recommended in the book is realized impossibly, however, the social health theory on four political perceptions "justice, luck, wisdom, content" for the Dynasty just divorced from nomadic society is right.Chapter 4, The health thoughts and the ways to practice of harmonious development between human being and nature in the Wisdom of Royal GloryThe natural geographical conditions of the Karahanilar Dynasty are complicated. The mountains, desert, Gobi, oases, plateaus and forest cause the climate with hot and cold weather. Human being are tested harshly by natural environment and their lives are threatened; so the death rate is very high. Hence, the ancient Uyghurr nationality adored all of the plants and animals which are good for health. They consider life is the process that human being and nature are mutual harmony and positive utilization and propose Laws of God, Laws of nature and humanities are interlinked. They believe human being and nature as a whole and life process is a mutually harmonious process of body and environment. Depending on a great deal of historical materials in the book, four basic health concepts are concluded: the first is that unique health keep methods of the ancient Uyghurr nationality are shaped by the natural geography of western regions, such as "soil treatment," " tree treatment," and "sand treatment" etc.; the second is that the health theory invloving four seasons in one year and health methods with conformation to climate are formed. The third is that the special superiority and methods of living health and temple health are shaped. The fourth is that taking advantages of favorable geographical position, health culture and substances in the Central Plains of China, India and Arab are formend and utilized positively.Chapter 5, The source of health thouths in the Wisdom of Royal GloryThe Karahanilar Dynasty is located in the Central Plains of China as well as the middle district of the culture convergency of India and Arab. The ancient Uyghurr nationality resorted to geographical strengths to make frequent communication. In Karahanilar Dynasty, the king dispatched emissaries to Central Plains more than 40 times. "Common Borneo Camphor, fumigant" and "Xielaisai" mentioned in the book are all drugs from India and Arab. The health thoughts from the Han nationality, Confucianism, Indian Buddhism, Arab Islamism are absorbed in the book, which show the fixation trend to constitute unique health thoughts and methods with a long history.Chapter 6, The influence and limitations of health thoughts in the Wisdom of Royal GloryThe Wisdom of Royal Glory has been single standard and guidelines of health life, which has influenced the Uyghurr nationality and other natioanlities living in neighboring regions. The book expounds the relations between luck and happiness, wisdom and happiness, justice and hpainess as well as contentment and happiness. The significance of nation developmnet and life goals is explained through the four ralatoins. The health theory and the ways to practice with national characteristics such as "the four substances," "the health and guard against diseases," "the health of personality" come from the Uyghurr nationnality's belief about life, which lead their orientation of values, hearts purification and brave temperament building. The Wisdom of Royal Glory appeared in 11 century; so the outlook on human being's life and health are limited to the age. The health thoughts in the book have some contradictions and even some are not correct, such as blood lineage thought, the ill thougt to belittling this life and to attaching importance to later time and the unequal thought of looking down upon women. But these factors are made by the history limitations, so they are unavoidable.The conclusion: the Wisdom of Royal Glory reflects the ancient Uyghurr nationality's politics, laws, morals, philosophy, culture, economy and religion etc. in the Karahaniliar Dynasty as well as the main content of physical health, mental health, social health and the harmony between human being and nature. So the study presents that although the Wisdom of Royal Glory is not the book about health, health thoughts and the ways to practice described in the book belong to the category of health theory. It is a book that deals with physical—mental—social health—harmony at ancient Uyghurr nationality as well as a classic one with health enlightment in the development of Uyghurr nationality.
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