以孔子为代表的儒家倡导“中庸之道”，力赞中和原则，即《中庸》所言“中也者，天下之大本也；和也者，天下之达道也。致中和，天地位焉，万物育焉”。其主张中和养生的思想已成为儒家养生思想文化的一大显著特征。以西汉大儒董仲舒所言为例，即“能以中和理天下者，其德大盛 The Confucianists represented by Confucius advocated the principle of “the golden mean,” the principle of neutrality and the principle of neutrality, that is, “the principle of the mean,” as well as the principle of the world, The world bit Yan, thousands of physical Yan. “ His idea of ​​neutralizing health has become a significant feature of Confucian health preservation. Take Dong Zhongshu, a famous Confucianist in Western Han Dynasty, as an example. That is, ”people who can neutralize the world and their morality are greatly prosperous."