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Zhuangzi’s “Forget Self” Leads to Long Life

🔑 Keywords: Health Food Therapy · Zhuangzi, also known as Chuang Tzu, was a prominent Daoist figure from the Warring States period in China, successor to Laozi. He authored the *Zhuangzi*, filled with philosophical ideas on health preservation. He advocated "minimize selfishness and desire, live simply and naturally, forget self and follow nature." Zhuangzi believed "selfishness is the root of all evil and the source of illness." A person obsessed with gain and profit will never find peace, leading to physical exhaustion, mental depletion, and accumulated resentment turning into disease. Only by transcending fame, wealth, and status—forgetting self and being content—can one achieve physical and mental well-being.<br>Zhuangzi also held: "Desires cannot be completely eliminated, nor can they be indulged." Moderating sexual desire prevents immoral acts and depletion of essence; controlling appetite avoids greed-driven crimes and constant anxiety; limiting ambition avoids scheming and loss of dignity. Fewer desires mean fewer obsessive thoughts and fewer harmful actions damaging health. He believed: "The wise know honor but endure disgrace, accept their fate, pursue their aspirations—thus living safely and long."<br>Zhuangzi emphasized "stillness and non-action" for mental tranquility and health preservation. Constant mental clarity, inner peace, and physical relaxation make one resistant to illness.<br>General Jiang Ziya’s Fishing and Longevity; Peng Zu’s Sexual Health Secrets<br>The essence of Zhuangzi’s health philosophy is "forgetting self"—transcending worldly affairs, free from desire and craving. Legend has it that when King of Song offered him a high official post, he politely declined, citing "officials lack freedom, are not masters of themselves"—this is "forgetting self." In his *Heavenly Way Chapter*, he said: "Stillness leads to non-action; non-action brings ease. Ease means worries cannot settle; thus, longevity is achieved!"<br>When Zhuangzi’s wife died, he did not mourn but sang instead. Others were astonished. He explained: "People originally have no life. Life forms from Qi, takes shape, then dies—this cycle is like spring, summer, autumn, winter. If someone quietly rests in the universe, why cry?"<br>Zhuangzi followed nature, lived without desire, forgot self, and was untroubled by life and death. His mind remained calm, spirit serene, body robust—he lived to 83 and vanished mysteriously. His health philosophy remains worthy of emulation by future generations.

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