The aesthetic tradition of Chinese people includes five aspects:enjoying heaven while worrying the human world,addiction to Yin and Yang,fondness of nobility and celestial being,worshiping superb beauty of nature and preference for the mean and harmony.

This paper presents a discussion on the philosophical origin of the Taoist yin-upholding thought and its effect on the formation of the theory of health preservation in Chinese medicine.

On Laozi s Thoughts about "Shangyin Chongmu" and Its Origin;