Spring Equinox: A Time of Blossoming
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“Upholding righteousness and eliminating evil” is a fundamental principle in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for treating diseases. “Upholding righteousness” refers to supporting and nourishing the body’s vital energy (zhengqi), helping the body return to a normal state; “eliminating evil” means removing all external pathogenic factors that cause disease. TCM treatment emphasizes “upholding righteousness without leaving evil, eliminating evil without harming righteousness,” placing great importance on the protection and enhancement of the body’s own functions.
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Spring Equinox: A Time of Blossoming
Upholding Righteousness and Eliminating Evil: Walking the Path of Life
At Maoming No. 1 Middle School, Zeng Ziyang
In TCM, there is the concept of “upholding righteousness and eliminating evil.” “Upholding righteousness” refers to supporting and nourishing the body’s vital energy, helping the body return to a normal state; “eliminating evil” means removing all pathogenic factors that cause disease. Just as it is in healing, it is also true in life; whether in ancient times or today, only by truly learning to uphold righteousness and eliminate evil can we maintain physical and mental health and walk the path of life well.
What is evil?
“Righteousness” refers to the vital energy (zhengqi), which is the positive aspect that promotes the body’s return to normal; while “evil” refers to “unrighteous things” that exhaust the muscles and harm the spirit. For example, in today’s society, there are many elderly people who fall while others merely watch; there are many who spread rumors and create trouble. Looking at some young people, they lie in bed all day playing video games, becoming numb and abandoning their studies, truly lacking vitality! Evil can harm the body and mind; these “pathogenic factors” should be eliminated, and we must replenish our vital energy, just as the saying goes, “uphold righteousness without leaving evil.”
Modern predecessors have taught us how to uphold righteousness and eliminate evil.
Mr. Lu Xun, with his pen, wrote about the world, and in many of his works, he criticized “evil.” In “A Small Matter,” he critically reflects on his own indifference; in “Diary of a Madman,” he critiques the people deeply poisoned by feudal ethics; in “Medicine,” he criticizes the numbness of people’s thoughts. In society and life, we must not engage in actions that harm others for our own benefit. We must not let greed for small advantages lead us to evil thoughts, which can damage our reputation. When others are in need, we should offer help. Just like the “rickshaw puller” depicted by Lu Xun, we should face challenges bravely and learn to help others, without the thought of “running away” after an accident; we should also learn from Lu Xun himself, who, upon having evil thoughts, dared to introspect and question himself. Only in this way can we truly achieve “evil eliminated, and a body full of righteousness.”
As young people, we should learn to uphold righteousness and eliminate evil.
Upholding righteousness without leaving evil means eliminating all crooked thoughts. As Shen Qizheng once said: “Thus, today’s China relies not on others, but entirely on our youth!” If we harbor evil, how can we shoulder the responsibilities of youth? Only by nurturing a body full of righteousness can we become vigorous youth! “Evil” often arises from our own bad intentions; upholding righteousness and eliminating evil means we should, like Confucius, “examine myself three times a day: Am I unfaithful in my dealings with others? Am I untrustworthy with friends? Have I transmitted knowledge without practicing it?” Upholding righteousness and eliminating evil means, as Xunzi said, “A gentleman studies broadly and reflects on himself daily, achieving knowledge and acting without fault.”
Eliminating evil should come from the heart.
In reality, many political departments, in their efforts to correct styles and eliminate evil, adopt formalism, doing only superficial work without reaching the hearts of the people, thus harming the “righteous” style. In life, when parents prevent their children from playing games through coercive measures without communication, intending to “eliminate evil,” the children become even more numb, and evil remains while righteousness is harmed. Only when we eliminate evil from the heart and maintain a proper balance can we achieve lasting results.
On the long road of life, we should all uphold righteousness and eliminate evil. Only by removing evil can we walk steadily; nurturing a strong sense of righteousness will surely help us walk the path well!
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