[The conception of healthcare in Confucianism].
As the founder of Confucianism, Confucius lead a life of frustration and experienced all difficulties. Interestingly, he enjoyed a long life of over seventy years old. Naturally, his viewpoint on healthcare aroused the interests of late-comers He first emphasized the morality, claiming that those kind people can live long, advocated the doctrine of the mean, open-minded and optimism, exercise of the body and mind, dietary hygiene, avoidance of ghost, and taking care of medication. As the important integral part of Chinese traditional culture, Confucianism also yields profound influence on the development of healthcare in China.
Bao
Xiao-Dong
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Department of Medical History and Literature, Zhejiang College of TCM, Hangzhou 310053, China.
D002681:China; D032903:Confucianism / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006920:Hygiene / Q000266:history*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine