Scholars in the Song Dynasty dabbled in medicine, compiled prescriptions and medicines, and were keen on health preservation, showing a situation of group health preservation and forming the Song Confucian school of health preservation. There are five main reasons: the government attaches importance to medical health care and creates a strong health care atmosphere; The government attaches great importance to literati and provides them with high social status and superior economic living conditions; Scholars' understanding of medicine provides a solid theoretical basis and effective methods for health preservation; Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are integrated, and the ideological trend of "cultivating oneself with Buddhism, keeping in good health with Taoism and governing the country with Confucianism" has laid a profound ideological foundation; In addition, there is a culture that loves life, and health preservation is also a reason that cannot be ignored.