Englishcomparison
vitalactivity;vitalmovement
Basiccharacteristicsoflifeactivity
Thefirstcharacteristicismetabolism
b>TheChinesemedicinebelievesthatlifeisthegasificationmovementofbiologicalbodies,andtheessenceofgasificationmovementisthegasificationandformation.Theunityofoppositesbetweenqiandformingisthemostfundamentalandspecialcontradictioninthelifeprocess.Thisistheessenceofthedifferencebetweenlifeandnon-life.Regardingthispoint,the"HuangdiNeijing"clearlypointedout:"Yangtransformsqi,andyinforms."Inotherwords,yangistheprocessoftransformingqi,thatis,turningthebody'sbodyintoinvisibleqi(thesubtlesubtletiesthataredifficulttodistinguishwiththenakedeye).Substance),whichisconsideredtobeafunctionalactivity.Yinistheformingprocess,thatis,thesynthesisofexternalsubstancesintoitsownform.
Huaqiandformingalwaysebbandflow,andebbandflow.However,undernormallifeconditions,maintainingtheirdynamicbalance,presupposingeachotherandtransformingeachother,iscalled"oppositeandmutuallycomplementary."Thelifeprocessisthecontinuousprocessofgasificationandformation,thatis,theprocessofcontinuousmaterialexchangeandenergyexchangebetweentheorganismandtheoutsideworld.Thegasificationprocessisalienationorcatabolism,includingthedecompositionofinternaltissuecomponentsandthedecompositionofenergyreserves,providingAssimilationandtheneedsofvariousotherlifeactivitiesoftheorganism.Theformingprocess,thatis,assimilationoranabolism,thatis,theintakeofexternalsubstancestoformone'sowntissueandenergyreserves.Andbecausematterandenergyarecloselyrelated,livingmattercontainsacertainamountofchemicalenergy,somatterexchangemeansenergyexchange.Theessenceofmetabolismismaterialmetabolismandenergymetabolismwiththesurroundingenvironment.AsEngelssaid:"Themetabolismofanorganismisthemostgeneralandsignificantphenomenonoflife."Itcanbeseenthatmetabolismisthemostsignificantfeatureoflife,andanylivingindividualhasthisbasicfeature.Ifthebody'smetabolicprocessgraduallyweakens,peoplewillbegintoage;onceitstops,lifewillinevitablyend.Thisistruefromsingle-celledorganismstohigheranimalandplantlife.
Thesecondcharacteristicisthatitisstressful
Stressfulnessreferstotheabilityoflivingorganismstoproducebothexternalandinternalstimuli.Theabilitytorespond,suchastheresponsetohotandcoldstimuli,thepupil'slightreflection,vomitingreflex,bowelresponseandsoon.
Thethirdfeatureisgrowth,developmentandreproduction
Anylivingbodyundergoesaprocessfrombirthtogrowthanddevelopment.Theso-calledgrowthreferstoanorganism'smetabolism.Whentheassimilationexceedsthealienation,theweightandvolumeoftheorganismincrease.Theso-calleddevelopment,forbiologicalreproduction,referstothebeginningofthefertilizedegg,throughtheembryonicperiod,juvenileperiod,adultperiod,oldage,anduntildeath.
ThefourthfeatureisInheritanceAndmutation
TheresultofreproductioncanmakeorganismsTheracecanlastforever;theresultofheredityisthebasisfortheorganismtomaintainitsstability.Bothareoneofthesalientfeaturesofalllivingorganisms.
Thefifthfeaturehasacommonmaterialandstructuralbasis
ThesixthisAdaptability
Bothorganismscanadapttoacertainenvironment.
Non-cellularorganisms-viruses,whoselifeactivitiesareinseparablefromlivingcells,donothavevitalitywhentheyleavethehostcellalone.