The Study Of Confucian Cultivation On The Understanding Of Human Life

Chinese medicine is deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture in the process of formation and development,of which Confucian culture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture.Traditional Confucian culture starts from self-cultivation,with the main purpose of improving one’s physical and mental quality,emphasizing the actual verification and realization of the mind and body,so that to realize the value of life.In the process of Confucian cultivation,it has gained a profound understanding of human life,and has positive significance for the theoretical construction and research of traditional Chinese medicine.Objectives:By systematically sorting out the understanding of human life in the process of Confucian inner cultivation,this research explores the significance of the construction,formation and development of medical theories,reveals the internal relationship between traditional Chinese culture and traditional Chinese medicine,and understands the significant influence of Chinese culture on the development of traditional Chinese medicine at multiple levels.Methods and Contents:This paper firstly explains that the “sageliness within and kingliness without”is the core value of the Confucian ideological system by analyzing the content,essence and main methods of Confucian cultivation.“sageliness within” is to improve oneself through long-term moral cultivation and complete the virtues of saints;“kingliness without” is to push his own moral and virtues to others and society,and to use them to serve the world.There are three main ways of Confucian inner cultivation: ritual,morality and mind-body practice.This article analyzes the three main methods cultivation of Confucianism,and expounds the content,essence and exploration of human life.The rituals cultivation advocates starting from ritual and righteousness,regulating people’s behavior,changing the nature of the mind,accumulating goodness and becoming sanctified,thereby causing changes in the body’s qi,and thus affecting the life of the human body.Moral cultivation advocates keeping "benevolence and propriety",expanding the "four ends",cultivating the righteousness,and finally achieving moral perfection.Morality is the content of human consciousness activities and affects human life.The mind and body cultivation points directly to the root by observing the "Balanced harmony",comprehending the body and meditating to clear the mind.The process is a harmony between man and nature,and this cultivation can lead to the vitality of the mind and body to optimize life.Through the systematic study of Confucian inner cultivation,this article explores its understanding and research on human life,and finds that it is inextricably linked with Chinese medicine academics in the following aspects:First,the overall state of Confucian inner cultivation and realization of Qi proves the objective reality of the holistic view of life in Chinese medicine.The holistic view is an important content in traditional Chinese medicine and one of the basic theories which construct the Chinese medicine.The Confucian inner cultivation has realized the overall state of the relationship between human and nature,thus confirming the authenticity of the holistic view of man and nature,and providing a basis for the holistic view of life in traditional Chinese medicine.Secondly,the Confucian inner cultivation provides a methodology of internal observation for exploring Chinese medicine with a special internal seeking.The Confucian cultivation understands the natural laws of the universe through a special way.This is a method of actively using consciousness to return to oneself,so as to know one’s own body.In this way,we can understand the laws of life activities and provide the methodology of internal observation for the study of life in traditional Chinese medicine.Thirdly,the realization of the mind itself and its function through Confucian inner cultivation,provides rich material for exploration of the nature of consciousness in Chinese medicine.In traditional Chinese culture,the heart is called Shen.Confucian inner cultivation reveals the aspect of the consciousness of human being and the mind and the consciousness are proved to be the refined qi.In traditional Chinese medicine,Shen(consciousness)and qi are closely related,so we can explore the nature of consciousness from the perspective of qi science to reveal that the essence of consciousness is related to the special matter of qi;then to analyze the consciousness,which is a product of nature,can objectively reflect the nature,and it can also take the initiative to regulate and transform the nature autonomously and consciously.Conclusion:Confucian inner cultivation has carried out a profound understanding and exploration of human life through the cultivation and understanding of qi,and has provided rich materials for the research of life science of Chinese medicine,and has great significance to the construction,formation and development of the basic theory of Chinese medicine.