Interpretation And Value Exploration Of "Qigong Chapters" In Tao Te Ching

Xi Jinping pointed out in the party's 19 th congress report: the socialist culture with Chinese characteristics,which originates from the excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the Chinese nations more than 5,000 years of civilized history,is rooted in the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture created by the party's leaders and people in the process of revolution,construction and reform,and is rooted in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics.As one of the important classics of Chinese excellent traditional culture,Tao Te Ching is profound in thought,concise and comprehensive in words,and full of wisdom in every word.It embodies the infinite charm of Chinese culture with a long history,profound and unique features.It is not only a brilliant pearl in the treasure house of Chinese culture,but also has made outstanding contributions to the development of world civilization.Under the historical background of the new era,from the perspective of health preservation,the ancient and long-standing writing called Tao Te Ching contains rich health preservation theories and methods of Qigong(a Chinese deep breathing exercise),which include not only the objectives,principles and methods of Qigong practice,but also the functions and effects after practice.It has epoch-making significance and value for the inheritance,promotion and development of contemporary Qigong.However,Chinese Qigong,as an important method for human beings' health preservation,fit keeping and body strengthening,is also the golden key to life science.This article mainly uses the methods of literature review and expert interview to discuss the thoughts and methods of Lao Zi(a Chinese philosopher)in Qigong health preservation,as well as the relationship between Tao Te Ching and Qigong.It focuses on the relevant works on Qi in the life science in the chapters of Tao Te Ching,and the embodiment of Qigong's adjustment on body,breath and mind in Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching,thus obtaining the following conclusions:1.The main content of the Qigong chapter is about the overall methods,paths and requirements for practicing Qigong.In order to integrate body and mind,one must first expand one's mind,be selfless and have no desire;The second is calm;the last is the specific methods and procedures are as follows: to gather spirit to soften body-to clear away distractions-to adjust body,breath and mind-to reach a high state of emptiness and hollowness.At the same time,Qigong training should also pay attention to the unity of nature and man.In the process of practicing Qigong,one must conform to the law of self-heat.To achieve this requirement,one must return to nature,return to nature and adhere to it for a long time.2.There is no mention of health preservation and Qigong in Tao Te Ching.However,later generations of Qigong practitioners and health preservation practitioners all regard Lao Zi and his Tao Te Ching as sacred scriptures.The objectives,essentials,principles and methods of Qigong practice are basically derived from Tao Te Ching and Lao Zi's thoughts.3.The cultural essence and connotation of Qigong are derived from the Tao Te Ching.The three elements of Qigong,namely,body adjustment,breath adjustment and mind adjustment,are illustrated in the Tao Te Ching.4.The inheritance and development of contemporary Qigong pay little attention to the theory and source of Qigong.Exploring the Qigong chapters in Tao Te Ching is an important measure to enrich the martial arts fitness culture and an important driving force for the prosperity of socialist culture.At the same time,it is of great practical significance to enrich scientific theories and promote the extensive development of nationwide fitness campaign.Based on the above conclusions,this paper gives the following suggestions for the development of contemporary Qigong:1.Tao Te Ching,as a Taoism classic,is like an inexhaustible deep well.The contents Qigong health preservation thoughts contained are the theoretical source of Chinese Qigong.Exploring the Qigong chapter of Tao Te Ching is the source of our study of Qigong theory,Qigong thoughts and Qigong concepts,and is also an important method of health preservation,fitting and self-cultivation.2.Taoism thought contains extremely rich Qigong health preservation thoughts.We should fully excavate and inherit the essence,which will have extremely important theoretical and practical significance to contemporary Qigong,health preservation and traditional Chinese medicine.3.Studying Tao Te Ching from the perspective of Qigong is of great positive significance for building a harmonious socialist society,strengthening patriotic education,forming a good national character and providing more comprehensive health preservation techniques for the masses.