What do you mean by eating without talking and sleeping without talking?

It means don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping.

From "The Analects of Confucius and the Rural Party". Author Confucius.

original text

Eat without talking, sleep without talking. Although I eat vegetable soup and melon sacrifices, I will be as good as you. Don't sit down if the seat is not upright. Villagers drink, and those who insist will leave. The villagers are all stunned. They are standing on the steps of the court Ji Lang. Ask people from other countries, then bow down and send them away.

Translation:

Don't talk when eating, don't talk when sleeping. Although you eat coarse soup, you should sacrifice first and be as respectful and serious as when fasting. Don't sit down, because the mat is not put away. After the rural drinking ceremony, the old man should go out before going out by himself.

When people in their hometown hold ceremonies to worship gods and drive away epidemic ghosts, [Confucius] always stands on the steps of the East in royal clothes. [Confucius] When asking others to greet friends from other vassal states, you should bow down twice and send the invited person away.

Extended data:

The historical significance of "eating without talking, sleeping without talking";

Some rules or habits of Confucius' behavior and speech. He always asks himself to be a gentleman's standard, so that his behavior will not exceed the ceremony. He believes that "ceremony" is supreme and sacred, so daily behavior must follow the principle of ceremony. On the one hand, this is the concrete embodiment of Confucius' personal accomplishment, and on the other hand, it is what he practiced when he taught students knowledge and benevolence.

The practical significance of "eating without talking, sleeping without talking";

"Eating without words and sleeping without words" is not only a symbol of cultural heritage and politeness, but also a kind of responsibility for one's body. Only when you concentrate on eating and sleeping can you have a healthy body.

Eat without words:

Many people think that digesting food is a matter for the stomach, which is biased. In fact, as soon as food is imported, digestion begins. The teeth and masticatory muscles cooperate with each other to mechanically divide the food into small pieces, and the smaller the particles, the better, because the smaller the particles, the larger the contact area with the intestine, reducing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and making the food more fully digested.

People's mouth secretes about 1500 ml of saliva every day, which makes food smooth like a lubricant, making it easy to swallow and clean the mouth. Amylase in saliva will first decompose starch in food into maltose, which is why we have a little sweetness when chewing steamed bread. This process is the first step of digestion.

In the process of chewing, it will send a signal to the intestine, telling the gastrointestinal tract to prepare digestive juice in advance to meet the arrival of small pieces of food with rough teeth.

The bedroom is silent:

Statistics show that sleep is actually the most important thing for human beings. A person can live for 20 days without eating. You can live for 7 days without drinking water; You can only live for five days at most without sleep.

Therefore, we can often see such scenes in some TV dramas with the theme of the Anti-Japanese War. The Japanese arrested the producer of * * * and forced people to sleep, which was really a bad move.

Sleep is a self-protection measure of the brain and an integral part of metabolism. If you don't sleep, your brain will die.

Sleep quality is closely related to the environment. The high-rise buildings in modern cities, the weakening of geomagnetism, the interference of noise, the stimulation of glass walls, the pollution of microwaves and other factors are all the reasons for the decline of sleep quality and insomnia.

Western medicine has seen the scientific nature of "eating without speaking"

All the food people eat will pass through an important part-the throat. The throat can go up through the nasal cavity and mouth, the esophagus goes down and backward, and the snorkel goes forward.

When swallowing food, in order to ensure the smooth passage of food, swallowing reflex will carry out a series of complicated actions. First, the uvula is lifted upward, just covering the back of the nasal cavity to prevent food from entering the nasal cavity; Second, the pharyngeal muscles contract to prevent food from flowing forward into the mouth or entering the "eustachian tube" by mistake. The third is to lift the larynx and cover the trachea with epiglottic cartilage.

In this way, only the esophagus is left in the throat extending in all directions, which ensures that food can normally enter the stomach along the esophagus. If you talk, talk loudly or laugh while eating, it will interfere with this process, make food go astray and enter the nasal cavity or trachea, causing various problems. From mild cough to severe food blocking the respiratory tract, leading to suffocation or even suffocation.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "eating without words"

Huangdi Neijing says: "Fish and vegetables are nourished after eating", "The five flavors of husband enter the stomach, and each is happy, so the acid enters the liver first, the bitterness enters the heart first, the sweetness enters the spleen first, the pungent enters the lung first, and the salty enters the kidney first. Long-term qi increase and materialization are also common, indicating that the role of food on the human body is to increase the "qi" of the five internal organs.

The principle of "eating without talking" is helpful to preserve the essence of the five internal organs of the human body and achieve the purpose of health preservation. Zou Yuanxuan's New Book on Longevity and Pension says: "Keeping your mouth shut is like walking on thin ice", which not only reminds you to control your diet, but also reminds you to control your diet.

Ming Xizhai layman's "Taking Life" said: "The diet is moderate, and the spleen and soil are not discharged; Breathing is silent and the lungs are spontaneous. " Similarly, it also shows the relevance and importance of dieting and abstinence.

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