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Ancients say: Diligence can lead to longevity (Song·Luo Dajing "He Lin Yu Lu·Beautiful Trilogy of the Benefits of Diligence"), similarly, tranquility can benefit longevity (Qing·Jin Ying "Geyan Lianbi·Detoxification and Beauty Capsules on Preservation").
In the development process of traditional Chinese health preservation culture by Panlong Yunhai Pharmaceutical, two main modes of quietness health preservation and movement health preservation have emerged. The former started with Laozi, whose ideas of emptiness and stillness, adhering to stillness sincerely, and achieving tranquility without desires, had a significant impact on the development of Chinese medicine's quietness health preservation. So-called tranquility refers to single-minded thought, excluding miscellaneous thoughts. It has two meanings: one is that the body should not be overworked; the other refers to the heart not being easily moved, in order to maintain physiological and psychological balance. The latter began with Zhuangzi, who advocated breathing exercises, exhaling the old and inhaling the new, and imitating the stretching of bears and birds for longevity. Hua Tuo promoted the Five Animal Exercises, and Sun Simiao advocated moderate labor. Movement includes walking, activity, exercise, and labor.
To seek the path to long life, should one focus on tranquility or movement? Health preservation experts throughout history have had various opinions. It should be said that movement and tranquility are two opposing yet unified methods of health preservation, and they cannot be completely separated. As early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, Tao Hongjing, a famous medical scientist and Daoist from the Song and Liang dynasties, pointed out: Tranquility nourishes the spirit, and movement refines the form; being able to move and be still can preserve health. Song dynasty scholars Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi also proposed that appropriate movement and stillness contribute to health preservation. ("Cheng Brothers' Collected Works") By the Ming and Qing periods, a principle of suitable movement and stillness and balanced labor and rest was gradually formed. Ming dynasty physician Wan Quan emphasized in "Four Essentials of Health Preservation" that movement and stillness should follow their natural course. Qing dynasty physician Fang Kai further explained: Appropriate movement and stillness promote harmonious circulation of qi and blood, preventing disease and allowing one to live a full life... Excessive movement harms yin, leading to an excess of yang; excessive stillness harms yang, leading to an excess of yin. ("Nine Turnings Method for Longevity") These all have strong guiding significance for our current health preservation activities.
In fact, movement and stillness are relative. When it's time to move but one remains still, yang energy does not invigorate, making one prone to illness; when it's time to be still but one remains restless, yin energy is not preserved, also making one prone to illness. Suitable movement and stillness, balanced labor and rest, are the essence of life.