在我們現代的社會中「養生」與「自我修養」為熱門的話題。中國傳統的道家思想、黃老學派、中醫、神仙之道以及飲食文化，皆有豐富的養生思想的内容與生命智慧。著名的文學家、音樂家與玄學家，嵇康，不僅是為魏晉時代放蕩不羈的名士，也是竹林七賢的領袖人物。其受到當時主流思想的影響，如老莊思想、黃老道家、神仙及方士傳統等，而將此些豐富的思想資源納入到其養生思想裏。本論文以〈養生論〉為主要參考資料，企圖揭示與探討嵇康養生觀的綜合性，同時也試圖闡明其養生論的嵇康養生各層面及思想背景。

Self-cultivation and Life Nourishment (Yang-sheng) is a popular topic in our modern day life. We can find a rich Yang-sheng philosophy and life wisdom in traditional Chinese Taoist philosophy, the Huang-Lao School of thought, Chinese medicine and Immortality Cult, as well as in culinary culture. The famous scholar, musician and metaphysician of the Wei and Jin Period, Ji Kang, was not only one of the leading personage of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Groove, but also a bohemian literati, a celebrity of intellectual circles, who got influenced by the mainstream ideas of his age, like the thought of Laozi, Zhuangzi, the immortal and alchemist traditions, as well as folk religion. Besides studying these rich philosophical resources, he also integrated them into his own Yang-sheng thought. Present article attempts to reveal and discuss the comprehensiveness of Ji Kang's concept of Life Nourishment, and also to clarify the various levels of his Yang-sheng philosophy, using his essay ＂On the Nourishment of Life＂ as the principal reference material.