Generation and development of qigong

Yuan Shunxing Qigong research institute affiliated to Shanghai university of traditional Chinese medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine to

        Qigong is our ancestors in the production and life practice, in the process of the long-term fight all pain, gradually formed and developed a unique method of physical and mental exercise itself, has been forty-five thousand years long history, the Chinese nation special contribution to the cause of health care.

        Qigong in ancient times

        According to the literature: according to legend, in the era of more than four thousand years before Tang Yao central plains in China, once the flood season, lasted for a long time, our ancestors common skin swelling and pain, the symptom such as adverse joint activities, in order to alleviate suffering, according to their experience at ordinary times, choose "some dance movements, as bones and tendons, blood, physical fitness method, good results have been achieved. Such as qin, lv buwei lushi ancient spring and autumn period, music recorded: "yesterday TaoTang (yao tao down) the beginning of, Yin product, the more sluggish volts and light channel congestion, no source, bull yu e and hysteresis, bones and muscles, they don't look for dance to promote". Thus, rao period of more than four thousand years ago, or even earlier ago, our ancestors have been known to use "some dance", namely the approximate modern qigong move some action of the work, to health care, strengthen physical health. Therefore, the ancient Chinese qigong may be produced in the ancient "some dance moves.

        According to the unearthed relics: dance lines painted pottery basin, in the 1970 s in datong.the situations on bamboo slips unearthed in qinghai province is a horse home the horse home kiln kiln culture types of neolithic cultural relics, the determination of around five thousand years ago, now in China history museum collection. The painted pottery basin is high 28.5 cm, 13 cm diameter, bottom diameter is 12 cm, with a black dance pictures, a total of three groups, each group of five people, holding hands, face, head side each have a chute, for braids, and action to the consistent, the outside of the people in each group, arm for two, may reflect the empty, two arms and larger dance movements and frequent. Human body under three, then two vertical way, on the ground said two legs, and ventral side together, may be a decoration. Dance the whole picture, character is outstanding, look realistic, according to research, the painted pottery basin is the earliest existing reflect ancient qigong physical objects. Therefore, further confirmed that the ancient Chinese qigong may be produced in the ancient "some dance moves.

        Development of qigong in the spring and autumn period and the warring states period

        Qigong spread during the spring and autumn warring states period in ancient China, emerge because of other schools, schools of thought contend, development soon, appeared a variety of ways to practice and theory, mainly include the Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, medicine, martial arts, and lay the big six branches, on the later development of traditional qigong plays a big role.

        Taoist qigong, Taoism is a school of philosophy in ancient China, its representative figure is Lao tzu and chuang tzu. Lao tzu is the end of the spring and autumn period and the thinker, the founder of the Taoist school, he wrote in his representative work the daodejing are: "empty the heart, the abdomen"; "If so, with no"; "To the virtual, assert Benedict"; "Gas can cause soft baby" etc, in addition to reflect the philosophy of Lao tzu, also tells the story of acrobatics. Zhuang zi in the "deliberately" technical secondary school, the content of the ancient qigong, such as "stretch blow breath, and keeping, bear the bird, for the life of all, the guidance, a shape, Peng Zushou test the good of those who also". The pengzu, it was said that shells, people aged 800 (60 days for 1 year old at the time, now 800, equivalent to more than 130 years of age), representative for longevity. Taoist qigong is: claims quietism, attach importance to health, using the "breathing", "guidance", "god" method for exercising. Its representative achievement method is twelve sleep, huashan pengzu guidance law, internal Dan, etc.

        Confucian qigong: Confucianism is the ancient Chinese philosophy and a big school, its representative is the Confucius and mencius. Confucius is the end of the spring and autumn period and the thinker, politician and educator, the founder of Confucian school. He has written in his representative work the analects of Confucius: "rice foods, drinking water, qu brachial and pillow, in which happiness is yi". This may be a kind of experience of Confucius. Mencius Confucianism also attaches great importance to cultivate one's morality raises a gender, he has a philosophical famously said, "I am good and my loftiness", reflects the mencius experience to practice qigong. Confucius had a student named YanHui, he had to report to the Confucius himself the plait "sitting to forget" experience, caused the great interest in Confucius, and promotion in the Confucian school. The so-called "sitting to forget", is in the sitting there, forget everything, it exists even don't know his own flesh, this is likely to be static in ancient Chinese qigong starting work. The characteristics of the Confucian qigong is: to sit to achieve the purpose of cultivate one's morality raises a gender. Its representative achievement method is sitting, mind-heart, etc.

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