Education begins with life and eventually returns to life. In the face of the pressures of capital， technology，and power，life education carries the mission of shaping medical students’medical ethics and virtues during real-world challenges. From both theoretical logic and practical necessity，returning life education to excellent traditional Chinese culture is inherently inevitable. A modern interpretation of the spiritual， sensible and rational dimensions of the traditional Chinese view of life can narrow the gap in medical students’ understanding of life caused by technological rationality， thereby reshaping the foundations of medical humanism. Examining medical students’contemporary life education，there is a discontinuity in inheriting traditional culture. Therefore，it is urgent to revive the cultural genes of traditional life wisdom in medical schools，especially by promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of Confucian life philosophy. Based on the traditional Chinese view of life，it is essential to deeply recognize that life education for medical students is fundamentally a systematic educational practice integrating spiritual，emotional，and rational dimensions