Zeng regimen

Tseng Kuo-fan's letter, concerning self-cultivation, teaching children, caring, honest, for the political, military and other content, and health and also his considerable detail the theory. Zeng's health ideas, from the sages of his predecessors to abide by the theory and books, but also long time, he see the world, a variety of personnel, some kind of experience accumulated.

In to the Cheng brothers, Yuan brother's letter, Zeng said: I see the body are weak and the younger generation at home to six health and encouraged them to do, "one said, after dinner a thousand steps, one said, to sleep feet, no one said, chest angry, often when one said, sitting with a shot, saying there is common practice, said, dawn to eat a bowl of rice do not stick a la carte. "

Zeng Yang promote heart health first. The first is "Integrity Maintenance", know good and evil, moral self-reflection, mind, peaceful and ascetic; second, "Godliness is strong body," a person, whether inside and outside, are to be quiet and solemn; the third is "the people Yue Qiu Ren" , mind of all things, follow the rationale of heaven and earth; Fourth, more accustomed to hard-working, less easy pleasures, hard-working people live longer, ease makes premature death.

Another way to support heart, is "reading to keep me Noble Spirit", so that the hearts of calm and cheerful. "Filled with brilliant people in the knowledge of things, such as history, fables, nature study are all also." Zeng repeatedly stressed the role of reading on the health. Styles and his two sons, Henry physical discipline is weak, Zeng urged them to read and more than copying Yen Chen, Liu public power of words, hope its plump Mexican gas, tough GuLi, changes in their lives temperament. He also hope that they read poems for the word, the yardsticks, the study dilute the taste of Tao, unrestrained mind ... ... also is the power of culture, should influence the people's spiritual world, to achieve health purposes.

Tseng hanging in the hall there are eight Hall plaque, the Postscript goes: "with less irritation-based regimen." This health idea is the book at home, he repeatedly emphasized, and the brother said, and children, said the country had seen Fan of emphasis. Prone to anger, not only the attitude of most people's feelings, but also history, "How many heroes to fight off these two, however," is a need for lessons learned. Zeng told his family, to put it as Buddhism, tiger and the dragon, "with the fire dragon that is also, the tiger that liver also" to curb anger, do not make it too much prominence, controlling blood gas, not to harm their own Shi Yu physical life. To anger, but also for nourishing the heart, reduce anger, heart also will be An Taiping and broaden their minds calm and full of void and the gas ... ... This is our modern importance of maintaining mental health is self-evident.

Although the fan attaches great importance to good health, but his health and longevity of life, do not keep wild fancy, not superstition, all comes naturally, people's "life of the length of the illness or absence, that any hearing in days, not more students dream of trying to care about him. " This philosophical, conflict and mix the gas, which is also the pursuit of health of the people today to be the bosom, device know What?