万密斋慎动养生思想探析

Analysis on the thoughts for WAN Mi-zhai in cautious exercise health maintenance

人们在欲望的驱使下往往恣意妄为,而心为一身之主,视听言动等欲望皆受心主宰与控制。万密斋认为,慎动养生就是要摒除心中欲望,使心清静,尤其在独处时更要慎独自律,提出了打坐调息、调畅情志、动之有礼的慎动养生方法,简单易行,高效实用。形神妄动必将扰乱气机出入升降运动或过度消耗人体之气,轻则伤害身体,重则危害生命,故慎动养生的意义在于:保养和安定人体之气,煦养形体而使之不疲劳,以达到身强体健之目的。

People are often indiscriminate driven by desire, and the heart as the most important vital organ in TCM theories which masters and controls the action of seeing, hearing, speaking and moving. Considering which WAN Mi-zhai suggested to slow moving preserve one＇s health which related to eliminate desire to keep the heart quiet especially being left alone and meanwhile advised to sit crosslegged and adjust the breath, regulate the emotions, active politely and appropriately, all these health preservation methods are simple, efficient and practical. Thinking and acting improperly will disrupt the normal activity of qi or excessively consumption of qi in the human body, which will hurt body health and even lead threatening. So thinking and acting properly, protecting and regulating healthy-qi, keeping warm and caring one＇s health body can achieve the purpose of health maintenance.