Ancient celebrities like Confucius, Hoa Da… attach great importance to self-cultivation in order to overcome the harshness of the weather and diseases.
Here are 7 self-cultivation methods of celebrities that are worth considering:
1. Sleeping method
In the Southern Song Dynasty of China, the famous poet, Lục Du, often read books at night, usually until the end of the second watch (equivalent to 10 pm), which was the maximum limit.
He believed that sleep is the best way to relieve fatigue, staying up late frequently will inevitably result in dizziness and diminished memory.
2. Meditation method
Tô Thức, a talented writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, praised meditation as the best self-cultivation method for maintaining good health.
There was a time when he built a resting room similar to a meditation room and wrote a sign that said: “Sitting in meditation will make you no longer see the problems in life, and one long day will be like two days. If you live for seventy years, your life will be as long as one hundred and forty years.”
Meditation requires a proper sitting posture, closed eyes. Relax the whole body, breathe naturally, relax the mind, let it stay in the lower abdomen area for 15-30 minutes each time.
3. Walking method
It was emphasized by ancient people that you should not sit or sleep immediately after each meal. For example, Dao Hong Canh, a philosopher and medical scientist in the Southern Song Dynasty, once said: “You cannot sit or lie down immediately after you are full. Therefore, the best way is to walk slowly, just like when you want to take a walk.”
Walking is a great way to maintain health, the endurance of the body, and reduce diseases.
4. Bathing method
Regular bathing and changing clothes is not only a good hygienic habit but also helps to keep the mind alert, the body and mind comfortable, and reduce fatigue.
Tham Kinh Trung, a writer of the Song Dynasty, said: “Regular bathing, changing clothes, burning incense, bathing… will bring peace.”
5. Entertainment, relaxation, and rest
Arrange the garden and house neatly and cleanly. Plant flowers, feed birds and fish, raise animals, pets to create a clean environment, from which one can adjust their lifestyle and nurture their mood.
The poets and playwrights of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Cai Tang, regarded love and leisure as important parts of the health care and self-cultivation process.
Everyone needs to allocate time to rest, relax, entertain, and balance their mood.
6. Going out ‘to wander through mountains and rivers’
Tô Vũ, a celebrity, once said: “The beautiful landscape is not anyone’s property in the world. If you have free time, go out and enjoy it.”
This means that the natural scenery on this earth is extremely beautiful, and everyone should take advantage of their free time to travel and admire the grandeur of the mountains and rivers.
According to Tô Vũ, the country is extremely beautiful, so take advantage of holidays or festivals to go out and explore, immerse yourself in nature, discover fascinating things that can make you feel relaxed, not tired and discouraged.
7. ‘Traveling at home’ method
When you are no longer young and have weak health that prevents you from traveling, hang many landscape paintings in the living room. You can enjoy them without leaving the house.
Nghê Toán, a famous painter of the Yuan Dynasty, painted many beautiful landscape paintings depicting the country’s scenery, flowers, grass, birds, and magnificent mountains and rivers. He believed that not everyone can travel, so you should make use of looking at beautiful paintings as a form of ‘traveling at home’.
Even when you are old and weak, lying in bed, you can still look at beautiful paintings, immerse your soul in them, and consider it a kind of ‘lying down travel’.
Nowadays, entertainment media are modern, sitting in one place can let us know the whole world if we know how to take advantage of the strengths of computers, internet-connected phones.
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