Guqin Traditional Chinese Medicine Popularization (Traditional Chinese Medicine Health)

Five, Guqin and Chinese medicine health care

I recently finished reading The Biography of Modern Qin People edited by Ms. Ling Ruilan (the first and second volumes). When reading the stories of those predecessors who studied hard, I saw that their average life expectancy was very high, reaching 76.25 years. You should know that the birth year of this generation of Qin people is between 1890 and 1949. Undoubtedly, during this period, social stability, people's living standards, material wealth and medical security were very low. Especially for the first reason, Pu Xuezhai and others died abnormally (suddenly disappeared in various sports after liberation), and Zhu, an important successor of Mei 'an Qinpai, died young because of the impact of various sports, at the age of 34. Even so, among the 89 musicians recorded in the book, 2 are over 100 years old, 1 1 90 to 100 years old, 22 are 80 to 90 years old, and 37 are 70 to 80 years old and 60 to 70 years old. Surprisingly, even today, the average life expectancy of our people has reached 74 years. In addition, 42 of them are still alive, and most of them are still healthy and can play the piano, which will undoubtedly set a new record for the average life span of modern piano players.

Is it just a coincidence that the average life expectancy of Qin people is high? Maybe we can find the answer from TCM health preservation.

"Zuo Zhao Zhuan AD Year" contains: "A gentleman is close to the piano and the piano is also a ceremony, not a heart." Zhu's "History of Song Dynasty" also said: "A gentleman is to Qin, not to listen to his voice, but to observe his politics; If you are poor, you will protect your life. " He believes that the main functions of the piano are education and self-cultivation. Therefore, Guqin art has never been called "Qin art" since ancient times, but it advocates "Qin learning".

The traditional health preserving theory is also based on China's ancient philosophy. Its formation and development are closely related to the splendid traditional culture for thousands of years, and more colorful health preservation methods have been passed down to this day. The theory of TCM health preservation is based on the overall concepts of "correspondence between man and nature" and "unity of form and spirit", with special emphasis on the coordination between man and natural environment and social environment, as well as the coordination and unity of psychology and physiology. Su Wen's Theory of Ancient Naivety said: "The ancient people, those who knew, learned of Yin and Yang, lived in harmony with tricks, ate moderately, lived regularly, and did not act rashly, so they could live in harmony with God and live a peaceful life." The "Tao" here is the way of keeping in good health. Health care pays attention to harmony and moderation, follows the changing law of nature and life process, and pays attention to adjustment. "Yin and Yang are secrets, and spirit is the rule". If the body is balanced by yin and yang, you can live a long and healthy life. In health-keeping activities, psychological health-keeping is called "the first method of health-keeping through the ages", which is the core of all health-keeping methods. Su Wen's ancient naive theory said: "Nothing is indifferent, the true qi follows, and the spirit is maintained, and the disease is always safe." It advocates quietness, indifference and tranquility, and less desire.

Qin Xue's theory and TCM's concept of keeping in good health have something in common, both of which originated from China's ancient inclusive philosophy. For example, from the holistic view of Taoism and nature, the appearance of guqin contains astronomical geography and social relations, which is the epitome of the universe. Guqin's creative contents include heaven and earth, personnel, yin and yang, law and calendar, etc. Cai Yong's "Cao Qin" says: "The piano is three feet, six inches and six minutes long, which is like 360 days; Six inches wide, like Liuhe. In this paper, it is called pool and shore. Pool, water also, is flat; Say "Bin", "Bin" and "Bin", say what you say. The front is wide and the back is narrow, like being humble. Below the circle above, Dharma World. The Five-string Palace is also like the Five Elements. A big string of people, a gentleman, will forgive them when they meet; Xiaoxian, I am also clean but not messy. Wu Wen Wang Wang added two strings, which is also a tribute to the monarch and his subjects. The palace is the king, the business is the minister, the horn is the people, the levy is the thing, and the feather is the thing. "

In the performance of guqin, we also pay attention to the blending of the subject's mental state and the objective environment, which is also reflected in the unity of the subject's body and mind, the correspondence between the heart and the hand, and even the realm of selflessness. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the holistic view of harmony between man and nature is the premise of syndrome differentiation and treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine regards the human body as a part of nature, and there is an organic connection between man and the natural world. "Su Wen's Theory of Fate" says: "The Taoist knows astronomy from above, geography from below, and personnel from the middle." "Good words, responsive people. Those who talk about the past will be tested today. Those who are good at words and kindness will show it in things. People who speak well are all due to the change of heaven and earth. Those who are eloquent and fickle understand the truth of the gods. " Only by combining heaven, Tao and man and observing them comprehensively can we correctly grasp the medical way.

For another example, from the philosophical principle of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the so-called "Saint Qin matches Yin-Yang, so there is a sound of neutralization", and the piano surface is like the sky, which is Yang, and the abdomen is like the ground, which is Yin; Qin-making wood can be divided into yin wood and yang wood, pine wood is yang and solid wood is yin. Yin-yang theory is an important theoretical basis and guiding ideology of traditional Chinese medicine, which is applied to all aspects of health preservation activities. "Su Wen Si Qi Tiao Shen" says: "The four seasons of yin and yang are the foundation of all things." Therefore, saints nourish yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter to follow their roots, so they rise and fall with everything at the door of growth. ""Therefore, the four seasons of Yin and Yang are the beginning of all things, the foundation of life and death, and the opposite is a curse. From this, it is difficult to get sick. This is the way. Tao, sages do it, fools respect it. From yin and yang, you will be born, from the opposite side, you will die. Rule from it and create chaos from it. Going against the trend is called "negation". " It also shows that harmonizing yin and yang is the basis of health preservation.

Qin has five tones: horn, sign, palace, business and feather, and should be composed of five elements: wood, fire, earth, gold and water. The five internal organs of the human body, such as liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney, also correspond to this, and the functional activities of the five internal organs are related to the external changes of the five senses (anger, joy, thinking, worry and fear) and the five tones. "Su Wen Yin and Yang should be like a big theory" Bing Wang notes: "The horn is called the sound of wood, and the tone is straight; Angular chaos is worrying, and people complain; It is said that the sound of fire is harmonious and beautiful; If you levy chaos, you will decline and be diligent; Palace refers to the local sound, which is big and harmonious; Palace chaos is barren, and its monarch is arrogant; Business is golden, light and full of vitality; Business chaos is vicious, and its palace is bad; Feather is the sound of water, heavy and deep; Feather chaos is dangerous, and its wealth is dangerous. " Therefore, music therapy came into being, which uses the five elements to treat diseases and preserve health. It can be seen that the study of Qin and medical ethics have the same effect.

Enjoy teaching, piano can cultivate sentiment.

Health depends on nourishing the heart, which is first of all self-cultivation. Ancient scholars have long put forward the theory that "benevolent people live long". Confucius pointed out in The Doctrine of the Mean: "Cultivate one's morality by Tao, cultivate one's morality by benevolence" and "great virtue leads to longevity". Ancient doctors also thought that there was not much difference between self-cultivation and health preservation. "First Doctor" put forward: "Self-cultivation has no two skills." "Eight Records of Zunsheng" also emphasizes: "A gentleman's mind is open-minded and pragmatic, so he can cultivate himself." Because people's health is closely related to moral conduct, Sun Zhenren's health-preserving song says well: "If people want to know the way of health, they are always angry and less happy, and they are sincere in thinking, and they are also worried about self-cultivation." This is the most reasonable way to cultivate oneself. Sun Simiao also said, "Prepare one hundred lines every week. Although there is no bait, it is far enough away; The virtue is not full, and it is impossible to prolong life by taking Yuye elixir, which points out the importance of moral cultivation.

Music has been closely related to virtue since ancient times. The ancients attached great importance to the educational function of music. It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "Virtue is the end of nature, and joy is the flower of virtue." "Happiness is also the happiness of saints, but it can be beneficial to people's hearts. It is touching and it has changed customs, so the first king taught it." Point out that music is the essence of moral integrity. Healthy music has a good effect, which can improve people's moral integrity, deeply stimulate people's emotions and change customs. Cai Yong's "Cao Qin" records: "Fuxi used to play the piano to ward off evil spirits and prevent prostitution, cultivate one's morality and understand, and be innocent." Huan Tan's "New Theory of Qin and Dao" says: "The seven threads of the Qin are enough to connect all things and enter chaos. Among the eight tones, strings are the most important, while piano is the first. The words of the piano are forbidden, but the gentleman can stay. The loud voice does not flow with Zhenhua, and the quiet voice is not annihilated but cannot be heard. Eight tones are extensive, and diligence is the best. " Guqin has always been a tool for music education.

The ancients believed that the piano has the rhyme of heaven and earth, which contains the virtue of neutralization, which is enough to make people feel good, move people's hearts, support integrity and eliminate evil spirits. Qin Le is light and subtle, with deep and rich timbre, simple and elegant. In Qin Ce, Xue in Tang Dynasty said that the guqin "can observe the wind and teach, capture the soul, distinguish feelings and be happy, be quiet and determined, be brave and determined, be secular and determined, and be ghosts and determined." Therefore, whether you play or listen to the piano, you can cultivate people's noble sentiments, cultivate people's temperament, improve people's cultivation and morality, and make people polite outside and happy inside. The Historical Records of Le Shu says: "Correct pronunciation and correct behavior", through which the spirit can be influenced, the behavior can be influenced, and the people's hearts can be corrected, so as to achieve the purpose of self-cultivation

Zhong Zheng is quiet, and the piano can nourish nature.

Nourishing refers to conditioning people's temperament and emotions. Health care naturally includes nourishment, which is unified. Nourishment is the means and health care is the purpose. The cultivation level of temperament largely determines physical health. China's ancient medicine and health preserving theory attached great importance to mental health, and thought that spirit was the master of human body. The spirit pivot evil guest said: "The heart is the master of the five internal organs, and the spirit also abandons it." Bad mood will affect people's physical and mental health. Su Wenju's Theory of Pain says: "I know that all diseases are caused by qi, anger is caused by qi, happiness is caused by qi, sadness is caused by qi, fear is caused by qi, cold is caused by qi, qi is vented, shock is exhausted by qi, and thinking is caused by qi stagnation." Sun Simiao mentioned in the Preface to Nourishing Sexuality: "Nourishing sexuality is the meaning of treating diseases before they occur". Therefore, doctors in all previous dynasties regarded the spirit of recuperation as the fundamental method of health preservation, emphasizing the cultivation of a peaceful mind, a sense of humility, justice, gentleness and moderation, and maintaining a peaceful mind, so that the will and spirit will not be disturbed by the honor and disgrace of foreign objects, and the five internal organs will be peaceful and the form and spirit will be integrated, thus achieving the purpose of health preservation.

Piano player, heart also. In Qing Dynasty, Cao Tingdong clearly pointed out that "the piano can nourish the nature" in Essays on Health, and Bai Juyi's piano poem "Five-string Play" chanted: "When playing the piano, you sigh lightly and the melody is light. I am willing to vent my vitality, and I feel uneasy when I listen. " Guqin's artistic style of "integrity, peace, modesty and indifference" coincides with the traditional concept of health preservation, especially the word "harmony". Xu Shangying, a famous violinist in the late Ming Dynasty, said in Qin Shan Qing: "Remembering the past is sacred to help God and people, to manage the temperament of the world and to manage the temperament of the whole body." The most important thing is harmony. At the beginning of harmony, tune the strings first, listen to them with the emblem. This is called the feeling of harmony and the response to harmony. If you are harmonious, how can you be harmonious? Zhang Jingyue, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, also said in The Analects of Confucius Attached Wings and the Original Law: "Music is the sum of heaven and earth." Music is the sound of music. Beggars have temperament. They can sing and write poems. Students who sing enjoy five tones, while students who are musicians must adjust their rhythm and harmony. "Law is the meaning of heaven and earth, and people also have voices. Law comes from sound and sound comes from sound. "Harmony" should be an important connotation of Guqin art, which conforms to the principle of health preservation of the doctor's spirit.

Harmonious and beautiful piano music, as "New Theory of Qindao" said, is "the sound flows without vibration, and the sound is quiet without drowning without smelling", that is, it is low but not dull, high but not loud, loud but not strong, quiet and endless, clear but not calendar, flat but not harmonious, soft and mellow, and the sound is moderate and like a knot to nourish life, which is called "Lv Chunqiu". The "extravagant music" in the book says: "Happiness is affectionate, and if the skin is affectionate, it must be nourished by sex", pointing out that people's emotions can be adjusted through "appropriate voices" to keep healthy. Because Guqin music is mostly composed of rhythmless paragraphs, emphasizing meaning rather than shape, the development techniques and structure of Guqin music are completely determined by the content of the music and the development of thoughts and feelings. From the beginning to the end, it is free to play, not paying attention to details, giving people a feeling of natural advancement. Therefore, the sound of the piano will not cause rhythmic movement in hearing, and the speed is moderate and moderate. Different from rhythmic music, it is easy to confuse people and make people unemployed. Once it is recognized in hearing, there will be a feeling of rushing and unimpeded, and the qi will run, refreshing and refreshing, making the five internal organs harmonious and the qi and blood peaceful. This is the artistic feature of guqin's peace and self-discipline.

When you feel relaxed and depressed, the piano can nourish the disease.

Prevention before illness means prevention before illness. As the saying goes, "three-point illness and seven-point care" means adjusting one's life and spirit, forming an internal and external environment conducive to treating diseases, and maintaining the best physical and mental state, so as to achieve the purpose of health preservation. It goes without saying that nursed back to health is an important part of traditional health care.

Dear ones, love also. Qin can nourish diseases, which is manifested in that it can smooth people's emotions, express their feelings, relieve their worries and boredom, and make them feel peaceful, open-minded and optimistic, which is very beneficial to the rehabilitation of emotional diseases. The five tones in the piano correspond to the five internal organs of the human body, and the "palace" is connected with the "spleen", which is helpful to the health of the spleen; "Shang" is connected with "lung" and Shu Da's qi; "Horn" is connected with "liver", which can relieve depression and control anger; "Sign" is connected with "heart" to regulate blood vessels; "Feather" and "kidney" are interlinked, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. In the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu's preface to seeing Yang off recorded that he was unhappy and unhappy, and suffered from emotional illness. Later, he cured his illness by playing the piano and introduced this method to his friend Yang Jia. Among them, it says: "If you have a sad disease, it is incurable for you to live in seclusion after retirement. After learning piano from his friend Sun Daozi, he was attracted by the sound of the palace and enjoyed it for a long time, but he didn't know that the disease was in his body. If you are ill, you will be worried. Those who are poisoned by drugs can attack the aggregation of their diseases, but those who don't speak may be unfair to their hearts. Peace of mind, discord, then forget the disease, it is appropriate. Father's skills are so small that he even ... listens to it with your ears, responds to it with your hands, holds it with your hands, says you are depressed, and writes down your worries, even when you are touching it. ... to Yang Jun, a friend ... who is ill and has the habit of living in a different place. How can he be depressed for a long time? However, if you want to calm down and recuperate, Yuqin will also gain something. Therefore, I wrote more Qin Shuo as a gift for him ... ". It shows that this disease is related to depression, and drugs can only solve the pain, but the sound of piano can calm the heart, thus achieving the effect of curing the disease.

Palace moves spleen and righteousness, Shang moves lung and righteousness, horn moves liver and righteousness, signs heart and courtesy, feather moves kidney and wisdom. Palace music calms and strengthens the spleen. The tone-seeking style is bright and nourishing; Feather mode and angle mode are dull in color, which can tonify kidney and soothe liver; The business model is between the two, which can make people feel gratified and has the effect of clearing the lungs.

Spleen and stomach, depression: flowing water, plum blossoms, night crying, flowing water in Bixi, spring, feeling weak, forgetting troubles and drunkenness.

Sleep: gulls forget their planes, geese fall in the flat sand, singing in the mountains, double cranes listening to the spring, moonlight inducing, Pu 'an mantra and fairy dance.

Fidgety: fisherman's question and answer, drunken fisherman's singing at night, xiaoxiang water cloud, fisherman's song.

Regulating blood pressure: autumn wind words, Sauvignon Blanc, Nagato resentment, Xiangjiang resentment, remembering old friends, Hu Yi's eighteen beats, and dragon saying exercises.

Strengthen immunization: Yangguan Triassic, Guan Shanyue, Guangling San and Lisao.

Female estrogen drops, and the sun is partial: wild geese fall in Pingsha, water clouds in Xiaoxiang, drunken fishermen sing at night, and autumn moon in Han Palace.

Secondly, piano can nourish diseases. Playing the piano can make people wholeheartedly, eliminate distractions, make people calm and calm, and the essence is restrained. At the same time, they can move their fingers and enhance their functions. It can be said that it is a combination of static and dynamic, and both body and mind are cultivated. Ji Kang, a famous musician, is also a health care practitioner. On Health Care, his masterpiece, puts forward the health care concept of "clearing away emptiness and meditating", advocates the idea of "governing by doing nothing" of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and "steaming Ganoderma lucidum, moistening the spring, invigorating the yang and using five strings" to make the spirit "governing by doing nothing, wonderful and mysterious". Bai Juyi suffered from wind disease in his later years, and Guqin was also his spiritual comfort. He wrote: "Nature is good, but the dust machine is empty." When you hear it, everything leaves your heart. Qingchang can cure diseases, soothe the nerves and nourish the mind. You should listen to Sanle and comfort Pulsatilla. "

Flutter moves in silence, his mind is quiet and his fingers are moving. Make strings with nails and fingertips. Chinese medicine theory holds that nails are the ends of meridians; Fingertips are also the end points of some major meridians in the twelve meridians. Massage and exercise these endings continuously while playing the piano can promote blood circulation and coordinate blood vessels. Guqin not only cured Ouyang Xiu's depression, but also cured his finger contracture. He wrote in "On the Piano Pillow": "Yesterday, due to the contracture of the middle fingers in both hands, the doctor said that only playing the piano can guide qi." After playing for more than a month, he regained the flexibility of his fingers. It can be seen that there is movement in quietness, seeking quietness in movement, and the artistic concept of achieving the integration of essence and qi and the theory of traditional Chinese medicine emphasize the adjustment of essence and qi, so that the health care purpose of "regulating yin and yang, essence and storing spirit" is consistent.

It seems that more people can be suggested to play guqin.