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Stereotype is a concept often used in psychology to describe people's unchangeable perceptions of certain tasks or things. This perception is often also group in nature and spreads among people.
A clear example is that the word "naïve" is often used to describe young, simple children, to express a state of mind that does not understand the world, and at the same time does not tire of the world's ordinary world, and also implies a kind of adult envy.
This is a stereotype, because the word "naïve" is not only used to describe young people who are younger and less in contact with society, but also to describe those who are very old and even long-lived.
Read the scriptures to enlighten
This is because we can understand the connotation of the word "naïve" from a completely different perspective than in modern times.
Professor Zhang Qicheng, doctor of philosophy of Peking University and the first dean of the National College of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in a speech that when we understand people's health, personality and life, in fact, the most important thing to refer to is the ancient medical classics, and the one who collects the masterpiece is the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic", the more naïve people are, the longer the life span.
In the first chapter of this book, "Ancient Naïveté" becomes a core content.
Like Traditional Chinese Medicine, the ancient Chinese religious belief, the Three Schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, also mentally and accurately reflect the highest spiritual and life pursuits of Chinese for thousands of years.
Dean Zhang Qicheng said that whether it is Confucius's Confucianism, Shakyamuni's Buddhist family or Lao Tzu's Taoism, the pursuit of this most "essence" is still concentrated on the most primitive spirit.
For example, in Confucianism, the great Confucians advocate "the unity of heaven and man" and "the induction of heaven and man", believing that people's original minds and nature are the most fundamental factors that determine the development of a person's life; in Taoism, "rule by doing nothing" and "being free and pure" are their significant spiritual temperaments, so the most fundamental definition of the individual in Taoism lies in the cultivation of the yuan god and the yuan nature; Buddhism, as a sect that pays attention to "causal reincarnation" and "future lives", how a person's self-nature and Buddha-nature are naturally become the key determinants of their life state.
Similarly, if Chinese medicine is also regarded as a collection of people's ideas, then there is no doubt that this "naivety" is similar to the core spirit mentioned in the previous article, and is the key to whether a person can live a long life.
Dean Zhang Qicheng even quipped, "Naïve people will certainly be able to live to be one hundred and twenty years old."
Traditional concepts and modern health
In fact, the purpose of Dean Zhang Qicheng's combing of ancient religious beliefs and various views is not to let us understand this, but to experience the secret of health and longevity through understanding of this, in connection with today's scientific development and social progress.
So through the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, can we experience some of the true meaning of life?
The answer is yes. Somewhat in line with the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic holds that a person's level of development, health status, and even the temperament of the whole person are indispensable to the connection between him and heaven and earth.
Because in this book, "lifting up the heavens and the earth, grasping the yin and yang" is regarded as a complete combination of the individual and the heavens, and the individual at this time can no longer rely on the external supply, and can achieve "not eating the fireworks of the world" and still exist in the world.
Such a state is more of an ideal definition, especially in today's society, a person wants to be "left behind and independent" is often unrealistic, of course, we can understand a spirit of "going with nature" to the extreme.
Correspondingly, "in harmony with yin and yang, tuned to the four hours" refers to another realm of the combination of heaven and man, at this time the individual can well adapt to the changes in the external natural environment, and can use this to adjust their own state, so that it is easier to live a long life.
Then in modern society, such a situation refers to such a general situation: know how to adjust the diet, dress and even the rhythm of life according to the changes of the four seasons, so as not to be hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
In social life, with a little extension, we can know that this state refers to being able to adapt to changes in the social environment, so that no matter what kind of environment they are in, they can get along well with the people and things around them, and they will not be completely lost after the environmental changes.
"The sum of heaven and earth, from the principle of the eight winds" refers to the individual living in society, able to abandon some unnecessary behaviors and habits as much as possible, and to live in an orderly manner as much as possible.
In today's society, it is actually very useful.
Many young people will be unable to resist the temptation of irregularity, staying up late, overeating, and even men and women for various reasons, resulting in deteriorating health, and even contracting some incurable diseases at a young age.
People living in the world should be very sober, and have clear boundaries on what they can do, what they can't do, and what they absolutely can't touch, rather than allowing themselves to do anything.
"Law heaven and earth, like the sun and moon" is the fourth definition in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, which refers to the individual's ability to generally follow the laws of nature and the requirements of the development of time, so that he does not violate the laws of social development as a whole.
In this case, the life expectancy is often not too short, which can be said to be the most basic requirement for people's survival. In today's society, people are often able to do this, working at sunrise, resting at sunset, and adapting to the four hours.
As long as you don't "waste" your body, you often don't have a short lifespan. Of course, this state is not what we are after.
In short, Dean Zhang Qicheng's analysis of the central ideas of the ancient Confucian and Taoist trends and the analysis of the famous medical work "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" highlighted some of the ideas that people follow in the pursuit of longer life in the Chinese civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years.
In short, no matter what kind of faith, "the unity of nature and man" and "conform to nature" are basically throughout Chinese culture, even today, science and technology and productivity have been greatly improved, people's average life expectancy can be extended thanks to medical progress, but the most basic obedience to the laws of nature is still the focus that people cannot forget.
This emphasis is called "conforming to nature" in the Confucian concept of Taoism, and from the perspective of Chinese medicine, it is "naïve".
The closer we get to this "naïve" state, the closer we get to the goal of "longevity and longevity."
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Reference: Jean Piaget Biographie. (2020, January 29).