呻吟語

A series of reflective essays offering guidance on moral self-cultivation, bodily health, temperament, and management of desire and thought. The author blends theories of qi and human nature with Confucian ethical practice, stressing stillness, careful solitude, restraint, and vigilant habit as means to preserve life and character. Chapters examine temperament types, relations between emotion and illness, techniques for collecting and releasing the mind, and the moral dangers of deceit, vanity, and impulsivity. Practical maxims and concrete exercises recur, aiming to align daily conduct with principle and to convert inner discipline into lasting virtue.