In Pursuit of the Virtuous Life: From the Perspective of the Traditional Chinese Medical Wisdom

Kuangfei Xie

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In Pursuit of the Virtuous Life: From the Perspective of the Traditional Chinese Medical Wisdom

Kuangfei Xie

Published in Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 24 November 2015 Accepted: 6 December 2015 Published: 30 December 2015

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To fundamentally cope with the health crisis of the modern people, we need to turn to the ancient medical wisdom for the wise guidance. Eventually, the great wisdom of health and happiness lies in the consistently virtuous life. Living the virtuous life means following the laws of nature naturally. The virtuous consciousness of one's existence and self is closely linked with the consciousness of one's health. In addition, we also need to find the ontological significance of the healthy body to the spiritual fitness. Finally, in order to make sure about the close connection between the virtuous life and the healthy life, we need to find back the ancient wisdom of the state or horizon of life, which essentially determines the health of a person.

Published in	Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjph.20150306.23
Page(s)	878-882
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Virtuous Life, the Traditional Chinese Medical Wisdom, Virtues

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Humanity and Politics Department of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, NanJing, China

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