• A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness
  • A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness
  • A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness
  • A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness
  • A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness
  • A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness
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A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness

A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens (English-Chinese Edition): The Culture, Philosophy & Practice of Chinese Wellness

Taoist Naturalness, Confucian Moderation and Buddhist Mind-Cultivation — Plus Seasonal Regimens, the Five Flavours, Five-Animal Frolics, Tai Chi and Tea — How Chinese People Have Cared for Body and Mind for Centuries
This is not a recipe book for health foods, and it is not a manual of acupuncture points. It is a bilingual guide to the whole system of Chinese health preservation—the ideas about nature, balance, and daily rhythm that sit underneath the practices most people have heard of. You start with the basics: what health actually means in the Chinese tradition, and why the body is understood as part of a larger natural order. Then the book walks through the three great philosophical streams that shaped Chinese wellness—Daoism’s “follow nature,” Confucianism’s “seek harmony,” and Buddhism’s “cultivate the mind”—before moving into concrete practices: eating with the seasons and the five flavours, exercises like the Five-Animal Frolics and Tai Chi, sleep and daily routine, and the health-preserving effects of tea. The text is in Chinese and English, and the book is illustrated throughout. If you want to understand not just what Chinese people do to stay healthy, but why those practices make sense within a whole way of thinking—rather than read a list of tips or a dense academic study—this is it.
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What problem does this book solve?

Many people are curious about Chinese wellness traditions but don't know where to begin. The field is vast, the classical texts are dense, and online information is fragmented and often unreliable. A Canon of Chinese Health Regimens was written for exactly these readers.

It is not a dry academic tome. It is a systematic, beautifully illustrated, and genuinely readable introduction to Chinese wellness culture.

What's inside?

The book covers the full arc of Chinese health tradition, including:

  • The eight standards of health — what "being healthy" actually means

  • The four main reasons people lose their health — understanding the root causes

  • Four keys to recovery after illness — because what you do after being sick matters as much as what you do during it

  • Three defining features of Chinese wellness culture — the underlying logic explained

  • Daoist regimens, Confucian regimens, and body-cultivation practices — methods from different traditions

  • Seasonal wellness, exercise and labor as health practices, and the classical Yijin Jing (Muscle-Tendon Change Classic)-20

Why trust this book?

The author, Ren Xiran, is a cultural historian who has spent decades making Chinese traditional culture accessible to general readers. He has published over 40 books on humanities, history, and wellness. His works have been selected by the Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) and Confucius Institutes as gift books for introducing Chinese culture to the world-30. This volume was published by Contemporary World Press and features a preface by the renowned physician He Puren-33.

Who is this book for?

  • Readers outside China who are curious about Chinese wellness culture but have no background in traditional Chinese medicine

  • Culture enthusiasts who want to understand why Chinese people live the way they do

  • Anyone looking for an alternative framework for thinking about health and well-being

  • Chinese language learners who want bilingual material on Chinese culture

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