“如果将健康比喻成一头大象,我们都是寓言里那些蒙上眼睛摸象的旅人。”一本名叫《健康是什么》的小册子里,写着这样的序言。的确,有关对这只大象的描述,医学专家们也未必有几人能系统地阐述完全,更遑论我等普罗大众了。在全民惜生保健的氛围里,人人都渴求健康,但没有几个人能讲明白“健康究竟是什么”。其实,在中文语义里,健与康应该分开来解读,“健”是昂扬向上的蓬勃进取, “If we compare health to an elephant, we are all blindfolded travelers in the allegory.” A booklet entitled “What is health” reads this preface. Indeed, for the description of this elephant, medical experts may not necessarily be able to elaborate on a systematic basis, let alone on the general public. In the atmosphere of all people’s health care, everyone is hungry for health, but few people can understand “what is health”. In fact, in the Chinese semantics, Jian Kang should be interpreted separately, “Jian ” is a vigorous and progressive high-spirited up,