Philosophical Exploration Of Health Preservation Concepts In "HuangDiNeiJing"

The academic society has been studying health preservation concepts in "HuangdiNeijing" more from the perspectives of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) rather than philosophy. Most scholars have conducted the studies from views of general rules of health preservation, healthy accommodation, environmental health, sport health, mental health, etc., with limited understandings and interpretations in philosophy. Therefore, it is very important to truly understand the health preservation concepts in "HuangdiNeijing" based on deciphering the "HuangdiNeijing" and principles of seeking truth from facts, with "Taoism" as the main philosophical line and the entry point of in-depth study to tease out the overall context of "HuangdiNeijing".The present article defined and discussed the concept of health preservation in "HuangdiNeijing" from viewpoints of a philosopher, analyzed the historical background for the development of such concept, philosophically interpreted and objectively evaluated such concept, and clarified its modern significance. There were three objectives in the study:First, to define the concept of health preservation and sort out the historical background for the development of such concept in the "HuangdiNeijing"; Second, to try to interpret the health preservation concept in "HuangdiNeijing" from a philosophical perspective so as to deepen understandings of the health preservation concept in "HuangdiNeijing"; Third, to provide references for people in modern society to establish an positive health concept by evaluating the health preservation concept in "HuangdiNeijing" and disclosing its modern significance. This paper was written upon comprehensive analyses with a mixture of various study methods such as literature review, philosophical thinking and reasoning, micro-and macro-analyses, historical collation and logical conceptualization. The basic logic framework of this article was to update the health concepts now and in the near future.This study was conducted with guidance of materialism, taking advantages of previous studies, thinking in a way of philosophy, taking the best and deleting the worst, to allow for sustaining, promotion and developing of great health preservation concepts in the medical heritages of China. Furthermore, by exploring its modern significance, this study intended to tell people that health is expectable, pursuable and achievable upon first establishing a positive health preservation concept. Human health should and can be the fate of their own hands. Looking at today's health problems, the author believes that health, to a large extent, is affected by human behavior. It is an important and effective way to solve health problems by updating people's health concepts.