Why do traditional cultures say to eat less meat?

At a very early age, people in China knew how to domesticate six kinds of animals, such as horses, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs and chickens, to obtain meat. However, different meats have different positions in the food system, which even affects today's meat prices.

In ancient eating habits, cattle and sheep are undoubtedly the most aristocratic meat. "The Book of Rites" also said: "Governors don't kill cows for no reason, doctors don't kill sheep for no reason, scholars don't kill dogs for no reason, and Shu Ren doesn't eat treasures for no reason."

From the ranking, cattle and sheep are above pigs. Why is there such a difference in meat ranking in the pre-Qin period?

First of all, it is related to the preciousness of meat. Cattle is an important means of production in the farming era. In many dynasties, it was forbidden to slaughter cattle without permission. As the Book of Rites said, even princes would not kill cattle easily if they had nothing important to do.

As early as the Han Dynasty, cattle had been protected by legislation, and China law stipulated that "no less teeth should be slaughtered". The punishment for killing cattle in the Han Law is very severe, and those who violate the ban will be punished and pay the price of their lives.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, cattle were forbidden to be slaughtered regardless of their age, weakness, illness and disability. Only cows that die naturally or die of illness can be skinned for sale or eaten by themselves.

Rare things are precious, and beef naturally ranks among the best in the meat list. There are two unusually rich menus in "Great Tactics" and "Evocation of Soul" in Songs of the South, including: eight-treasure rice, stewed beef tendon, May soup, stewed turtle, roasted mutton, vinegar goose, roast chicken, mutton soup, twisted dough, roasted quail and stewed dog meat. Beef is at the top of the menu, and its importance is self-evident.

From the perspective of traditional culture, Chinese medicine has the function of regulating human qi, because it contains qi. In Chinese medicine, this kind of qi is contained in medicinal materials. When heated in water, this gas is dispersed into water. After taking this medicine soup, the qi of traditional Chinese medicine also enters the human body, and the qi of the human body is regulated by the rise and fall of this qi.

Eating meat is the same. There is still gas in meat, which is a kind of gas that constitutes animals. Under the action of this qi, animals can have normal physiological activities. If a person often eats meat, his body will gradually be full of animal breath, which will have the same effect, that is, people will become more and more like animals.

Animals are fierce and greedy, and they dare to do anything for food and clothing. Without wisdom, they are lower than people's living standard. People who eat too much meat will gradually move closer to animals. They look fierce and greedy on the surface, but in fact they have no wisdom and their living standards are declining.

What's more, some people eat Cordyceps sinensis, a whip that whip, to stimulate their lust and animal desire. This word is very good for stimulating the desire of animals, that is, they are gradually becoming animals, and they will soon enter the abyss.