Exploring the Value of the Health Preservation View in the "Huangdi Neijing" for Healthy China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jmhs.202505218

Author(s)

Zhenkeng Li1, Yujia Pan1, Rui Zhang1,2,*

Affiliation(s)

1School of Management, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China 2Center for the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Humanities and Social Science Key Research Base of Higher Education Institutions, Wuhan, Hubei, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

In the “Outline of the ‘Healthy China 2030’ Plan”, the Chinese Government proposes that “by 2030, the physical quality of the people will be significantly strengthened, and per capita life expectancy will reach 79.0 years in 2030, with a significant increase in healthy life expectancy per capita.” The Chinese Government has also pointed out the need to promote the construction of a healthy China and has given new tasks and missions to accelerate the construction of a healthy China in the new era and on the new journey. The "Huangdi Neijing" (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic) encompasses disease treatment, health preservation, and rehabilitation. Through an analysis of the ideological concepts of health preservation culture in traditional Chinese medicine contained within the "Huangdi Neijing", and then proceeds to explore and summarize the ethical concepts it entails, it is hoped that this can facilitate the development of health preservation culture in traditional Chinese medicine, providing a theoretical foundation and basis for people to employ the ethical concepts of health preservation to achieve physical fitness, disease prevention, longevity, and the construction of a healthy China. Exploring the contemporary value of the health preservation theory in the "Huangdi Neijing" contributes the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine to constructing a healthy China.

Keywords

Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Maintenance thought; Huangdi Neijing; Ethical Principles.

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