The Research On Chen Zhi's Filial Care For The Elderly

Filial Care for the Elderly(Yang Lao Feng Oin Shu),written by Chen Zhi in Song dynasty,was approximately completed during 1078AD-1085AD.In its spreading,three other versions of its name,Yang Lao Feng Oin,Feng Qin Yang Lao and Shou Oin Yang Lao show up,while the book's significance in maintaining elderly's health remains the same.As is verified by researches,Chen Zhi used to serve as a county magistrate during 1078-1085 AD.That he,as one in the official class,was able to written a book about regimen,was associated greatly with the historical background of his time,especially the decline of Taoist view of health maintenance and the revival of the Confucian one which exerts a profound influence on scholar official's attitude towards medicine.With regard to the Content of regimen,book on elder's health maintenance which is preceded by the work of Sun Simiao's Precious Formulary and Wang Huaiyin's Taiping Royal Prescriptions and followed by Qiu Chuji's She Sheng Xiao Xi Lun,Gao Lian's Eight Chapters of Regimen,Cao Tingdong's Essays of Regimen and Recipe of Porridge,plays an irreplaceable role in the inheritance of the ancient science of regimen.What Filial Care for the Elderly focuses on is not the elaboration of the theory of filial piety.It is special in its details about how to care for the elderly from the dimension of the basic necessity of life,including specific technical norms and format and the actions to externalize filial piety.The integration of details about serving the elderly to regimen is just where it distinguishes itself.After the Southern Song Dynasty,Filial Care for the Elderly received increasing attention.Zou Xuan's A New Book for Prolonging the Life-span of Parents,Liu Yu's An Lao Huai You Shu and Hu Wenhuan's Prescriptions for Elder's Health Preserving with Dietetic Therapy,are all revised,enlarged and developed from Filial Care for the Elderly and the importance of Filial Care for the Elderly are self-evident.