Nian Fu said: "You talk about those people who don't know the so-called, say that the wisdom of our ancestors is hypocritical, not united, and have no faith, why don't you know, we Chinese are not, no faith, we just believe that my fate is up to me?" ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "Hahaha, well-said, "My life is in my absence from heaven", is one of the important teachings of Taoism, and it is also the slogan of Taoists to declare war on death, which means that personal life is the same as heaven and earth, it is born by the natural qi, if people rely on wisdom through the principle of creation, steal the opportunity of yin and yang, cultivate the Tao and guard the qi, and return to the roots, you can be with the Tao, and live longer than the sky. It emphasizes that the life of the individual can be determined by the self and is not controlled by heaven and earth. This is a positive attitude that is life-oriented and affirms the value of life. ”

Nian Fu said: "Oops! As long as the famous teacher points out, you can understand so many truths by learning from the famous teacher, I understand it as soon as I hear it, it turns out that this is the case, our Taoism is about my life by me, not as they imagined no faith! ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "The Taoist concept of emphasizing people's subjective initiative was first seen in the book "Hug Puzi" written by Ge Hong, an alchemist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In Ge Hong's view, the art of folk change is omnipresent, the mountains are the abyss, the deep valleys are the tombs, the men and women are transformed into cranes, stones, and tigers, the lead is white and turns red into Dan, and the Dan is red and turns white into lead, and so on. Therefore, he firmly believed that smelting gold and silver with foreign substances was the same as taking gold pills to become immortals and immortals. Therefore, after listing many things that have been refined into gold, he argued: "My life is in my absence, and I will turn it into gold for hundreds of millions of years." ”

I believe that through the efforts of human beings, we can change conventional natural things and phenomena. This thought of Ge Hong is also found in the "Western Ascension Sutra", "My Destiny Chapter" says: "My life is mine, not heaven and earth." I do not see, I do not hear, God is not born, and I have been with the Word for a long time. I rule with heaven and earth, and I defend myself. The Northern Zhou Taoist priest Wei Chuxuan commented: "Heaven and earth are naturally one with me, each is a thing, how can I die?" But I know in my heart, my ears and eyes, and each of them keeps the root of the same qi, and I will be with the Tao for a long time. It can be seen that although "Hug Puzi? The Yellow and White Chapters and the Western Ascension Sutra propose different ways to achieve "longevity with the Tao", but they both point out that my life is in my absence, and emphasize that through one's own efforts, one can prolong one's life and live forever.

Nian Fu said: "Hahaha, the Taoist idea of "my life is in my absence" has its positive role and modern significance in terms of outlook on life and practice.

First of all, the idea of "my life is in my absence" contains a full affirmation of people's own potential value, emphasizing the subjective initiative of people, which is a positive outlook on life that inspires people to keep forging ahead. This positive and enterprising outlook on life plays an important guiding role in our correct understanding of the world and the transformation of the world. Especially in the case of the highly developed contemporary commodity economy and the extremely fierce competition in the market economy, this outlook on life is one of the prerequisites for enterprises or other economic subjects and individuals to win in the competition, and is an important spiritual pillar for the construction of modern enterprise culture, which promotes the development of enterprise economy and culture. It can be said that such propositions have eternal value for all mankind. ”

Secondly, the idea of "my life is in my absence" has its positive effect and modern significance in practice. This can be mainly reflected in the great role of people in Taoism in the development of Chinese science and technology, the maintenance of the living environment of human beings, and the formation of a correct concept of fame and fortune in the process of observing the relationship between self, heaven and earth, and human beings and the natural environment. This issue is discussed below.

Xiao Tianshu said: "Under the guidance of the idea of "my life is in my absence", Taoist priests have tried to use human wisdom to make miracle medicine in order to achieve immortality through different ways, and in the process of manufacturing miracle medicine, they have played a positive role in promoting the formation and development of ancient Chinese science and technology. As Dr. Joseph Needham, a world-renowned expert on the history of science and technology, came to after a detailed study of the history of science and technology in China, "Daoism's inference and insight into the natural world are completely comparable to those of Greek thought before Aristotle, and have become the basis of the whole of Chinese science." Here, Dr. Needham refers to "Taoism" is a broad concept that includes both the Taoist schools represented by Laozi and Zhuangzi in the pre-Qin period, as well as Taoism since the Han Dynasty. ”

The ultimate goal of Taoist cultivation is to prolong life, live forever, and ascend to immortality. In order to achieve this goal, they first made a comprehensive and detailed observation of the human body, explored the mysteries and mechanisms of the human body, and sought a good medicine for the treatment of diseases and health, and the results of the discussion produced many famous medical experts, such as Hua Tuo in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tao Hongjing in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sun Simiao in the Tang Dynasty, etc., who have made indelible contributions to traditional Chinese medicine. Among them, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo, known as the "divine doctor", invented the "play of five birds", imitating the activities of tigers, deer, bears, apes and birds to exercise the body, which can be said to be the world's earliest aerobics, but also the earliest guide therapy in the history of sports science.

He also made great contributions to world medicine by inventing the "Ma Boiling Powder", which anesthetized patients before performing surgery, and made great progress in surgery. For example, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, Sun Simiao, a great physician known as the "King of Medicine", was also a Taoist priest, and wrote a variety of works such as "Qianjin Yao Fang", "Qianjin Yifang", "Pillow Sushu", "Fu Lu Treatise", "Regency Zhenlu" and other works, which made significant contributions to the development of Chinese medicine. Sun Simiao not only has superb medical skills and superb medical theories, but also has many wonderful expositions on medical concepts. In terms of medical skills, he used animal thyroid to prevent and treat goiter, animal liver to prevent and treat night blindness, and used green onion leaves as a urinary catheter to perform catheterization for patients with urinary insecurity. In addition, the mandibular dislocation reconstructive method he documented is still used in the medical community today. In terms of medical outlook, Sun Simiao put forward many unique views on the purpose of medical research, the principles of compilation of medical works, the medical ethics that doctors should have, and the relationship between medicine and disease. Among them, Sun Simiao put forward some good views on the relationship between medicine and disease.

Nian Fu smiled and said: "Hahaha, today's conversation with Brother Xiao really shocked my spirit, all these years of incomprehension and doubts can be explained!" ”

Xiao Tianshu said with a smile: "A lot, still read more books, some things we can't explain, in fact, our ancestors have already written books, and the books are clearly explained, and now people read fewer books, but they don't understand the meaning, and they are here to speculate about the meaning of the ancestors!" Ridiculous, you say? ”