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INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE QIGONG
MA LI-DA
February 1087
I.
STRENGTHEN THE
CHINESE QIGONG POSSESSING
CHARACTERISTICS OF OUT COUNTRY
The Chinese
qigong was born
several
thousand years
ago,
but
since then
it has been born
anew
as
the crystal
of
our country's
working people's wisdom.
At
the
same
time,
it declares
that,
uhe
qigong
which
was
made
mystical
and
monstrous
by
the
^ feudal
superstition and
so that could not be understood,
is
fxniSiied and
dead.
From
the
old
stage
of
naturally
developing,
the
Chinese
aigong
has
come
to
a
fresh
new
era
in
which
researches
are
conducted
using
modern
scientific
means.
Our
country’s
qigong
possessing our country's special characterist ics
is different
i.icm
the old weak traditional qigong
in that,
it has not only
i.-s own
unique
theories
and
practices
but
also
it
has
been
gra...ualx3f
proved
as
the
results
of
basic
theoretical
researches.
. o
is
closed related with
modern
sciences
and modern
medical
scienceo.
With
its
own
scientific
disciplines,
it will
serve
our
ccuntiy
s
construction of socialism and development of scientific deve^Lopmen-
of
the world.
T J
Various
areas
of
studies
ocial bacligrounds
.
The Ch
E 1 eyenth
P arty Congress
a systemati c pol icy of
Research Conference
born
and grow and
are
affected
qigong study Vvas propo s ed at the
Third
F^l en
a
ry
S ession
,
and
i t
has become
he Party.
Since the First National Qigong
are
hies
;tudy have COO
-*-^3
-
August
1931,
various branches
of the qigong
nated and cooperated and exchanged their research
on basic
functions
of
"qigong."
In
five
yeai;^
in
the
enterprise
of
our
country's
qigong
research,
three
branches
nove
oraanized.
From
. the
Chin e s. e_._j^aqng
Resg^bch^^
National
Medical
Qigong
Association,
J:he_j:hju^^
—
Qigong naaP^h~As£ociation
and ._the. NatipM l
Research
o f
the Chinese,Medical, Ass.oci^
been
developed
.
Thus,
a broad
road has
been built
for
spreading
and
developing
the
Chinese
qigong
possessing
firmly
unique
Chinese
characteristics
INESE QIGONG AND MODERN SCIENCES
development
represents
of
the
The
birth
and
scientific kncwledge
,
of mankind with the nature
and environment
(b
rnacro-v7orld and micro-world)
.
Because of this
contains
various
b
not
Chinese
qigong,
like
cther
results of long term struggle
th
one branch
oi
axxio
*.road
fields;
its
basic
research
orientation
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( ’-h^mistry,
physics,
and
physiology)
but
it
has
developed
tu
app^y molecule
and micro
biology,
electronics,
ff^aneti^m
microv7ave
and mathematics;
and
it penetrates
into
ana
merges
into various
fields
of
sciences.
It has
so that its relationships and functions with macro-woild and micro
world can be
explored.
In view
of birth
and
change
of knowledge
status of the topics and emergence
of new
academic
interdiscipline,
its
maDor
types
can be
classified
into
the
following six kinds:
1.
Frontier
science:
three
fields
edge
.
are
interrelai
It
points
to
the
science
where
two
or
ed
,
penetrates
and
forms
the leading
is
the
science which makes
it
aspects
of
substances
2.
Transversing
science:
Thi
its
object
of
study
concerning
certain
uncommon^
structural
layers
and
forms
of movements
of
various
3.
comprehensive sciences:
These are those
®
particular problems and or goals
as their reseaich objeco..
S
i
^
?fise problems are com.plex,
a given science alone cannot ful...
..e
;bjl?t?ve of research;
consequently,
it is necessary to com..ne
an.,
apply theories,
methods
and techniques
to
solve the problems.
;f many sciences
in
ordec
Soft
sciences:
These
are
high
level
synthetic
and
rpc:-iir-e^ul
sciences.
Their
research
objects
do
nOw
involve
natural phenomena and scientific techniques, but
and social factors v/hich have mutual relations an^ mutual fau^t..ou
in various
social phenomena.
5.
Comparative
sciences:
comparative
sciences
le.ei
totality
of various comparative
studies.
:o
the
6.
Other
nev^ly developing sciences.
Under
the
above-mentioned
situations
of
new
scientific
technological revolution,
along with
appeared
the
modern
Chinese
qigong
science
which
..ontains
characteristics
of
comprehensiveness
and
also
containing
country's characteristics.
and
has
the
our
[II
CHINESE QIGONG SCIENCE AND MODERN MEDICAL SCIENCE
•ause of the revolution of new technologies, especially life
and technology having reached widely the field of medicine,
.
fields,
meo 0
Be
science
humian
capability
developments
have
presented
us
revolution has brought great
.shocks upon
medical
patterns
have
produced ^^eKtreme.y
has
developed
tov^ards
non-human
nev;
problems.
New
technological
medical sciences;
changes
profound
influences
upon medical science.
Because
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knowledge
have
fundamental
differences
from
the previous
medical
Sence
their
categories
encompass
both
natural
and
social
^cilicls.
scientific
developments
and
interrelations
among
sciences
are becoming increasingly evident;
those
fields^
not
closely
related
with
medical
science
j'^Yc-l^^'^cien°ce
a^^^^
traverses basic knowledge day by day.
Thus,
horizontally and thus cause knowledge structuies to make i.p
changes
.
Eased
on
the
above-mentioned
changing
situations,
medical
professional
knowledge
arrangements
follow^ biomedical ^
anc
avnive
to
bio-psycho-social
medical
models;
thus
Cxiangxug
the
original medical professional knowledge arrangements.
of new technologies have brought about
‘
t-Tcnn-
vH
! 1
b^
adiusted
demands
the
medical
ciiv-ie
L'-
SnLretaSr
ba-sic
aid
applied
medicine
but
also
understand
technological knowledge
of other
fields.
The
arrangement
rady
of
technological
knowledge
have
aim
caused medical
experts
to
necessary arrangements
k‘\
"poS
the
new
technological
revolution
and
development,
xeliaHi^e
upon
cientific
technology
of
the
medical
science
is
increasingly
various
scintific
technologies
have been
transplanted
Inif medicar sciences
and
diagnostic
and
therapeutic
mea^^
become
modern,
like electronic
microscopes,
X-ray
scanning,
nuclear magnetic resonance,
B-
ips
^
^
r
Unde->-
tlie trend of new technological
revolution,
the Chinese
aiqonfstudy repres^^^^^^
one of the sciences
having cliaracteristics
-f^ comprehensive
science.
And,
development
of
.ir-odern
medicine
requires
developing
the
Chinese
qigong
science
in
the
.lexd
of
medical
research.
IV.
BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE QIGONG AND OUTLINE OF THE STUDY
The
Chinese
qigong
study
originated
f rom
the
human^^^ej^g^^
Iona struggle against diseaies.
As early as several thousanH years
ago^
acFordinFT^^^
of
(Luzi
String
and .J’^tumn
Anna
s
(Chungiu)
.
Guyue)
:
At the beginning of Taotang Tribe
{the
[^which Yao-SMin belonged)
,
they had much
stagnant
tide= were wet
and cold;
consequently,
people
s mood was stagnant
aid
blood
silted,
'bones
and
muscles
were
tired
and
uneasy;
"therefore,
they danced
(zuowu)
and
called
it
^ao.
the first form of daoyin.
Qigong is our country’s oldest
daoyin^
"daovin-xingqi, " sometimes called briefly "dac,"
yin
,
and
.ut
e
paS
of
iingqi
is
called
”
tuna
(pushing
out
and
admitting)
LnLquently
qigong
is
the
result
of
ancient
people
s
struggle
against bad environment and their own sickness.
Oiaonc has made itself
a discipline,
and come with its theory
and
Pi4ct"ce
Results
of
experiments
are
the
experiences
and
^nd
foriued
qradually
during
several
thouoands
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years.
The first recorded letters related with
going bach
to
the early
Era
' "ii
^a~latlon
is
stretching;
ft?lfcting
is
bettor.;
bottom
ie
settled;
JJttling
is
is
budding;
budding
is
1“!' l°"VlV
= an^ng is’dyiTg."" STThe Era
Slavery 'system)
comrade Guo Mo-
ruo^iaid
as
foUows:
"Breath
in deep means
its volume
is
large-,
and makes
it
go down and stretch
and
is settled to be
soli
,
^
Ireattont
Like budding of grasses and plants,
tJ;
the
oDOOsite
route
of
that
of
getting
in
deep,
a.id geuS
iut Srretre??inrto the peak.
In this manner,
thejieaven makes
to
easy
to
move
up,
while
the
earth
®
cae^a^^""'^
Whai
Following this means going; being against
it
me_an.. deac
.
hL
been
said
means
that,
it
already
ir.enticned
about
a
kin.
of
disciplined
and
adjusted
breathing
method,
whi-n
tranquility skills.
During the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.)
and the
‘
E
-
-
?
D
220),
qigonc became
a kind
of
therapy of
the Chinese
iin-i Ifr
li
Imedlfrbolkf^
\fo fofu “ f L'rnfngfIgor
e
bi^athiJg dWin
curing
many
diseases
and
the
breathing
me ho.o
required during the curing;
different methods
o-i rVr p''c:p'v,
fi d
the
othci' volume was
a .ook
of
dG-agiam..,
i
-
ib'-ut
"^*0 "pieces
cf
pictures
showing
various
body
movements
and
postiire;
"^Each picture had writings
^
pictures
and
explanations,
it
is
possible
t.o
see
ti.at
dxtte
kfds of sicknesses required different “Jhods f
-h V
;
r.
a
Di'inciplBS
and
charactei istic.^
or
ciiaie^ri
^
r^'- ^nese medTcine
.
After the Qin and Han Dynasties, during the time
c'-^^the
por^-hern
' and
Southern
Dynasties
(420-589),
Tao
Hong-Ding
L^ly
ai-^an7ed histo
sources
into
(/-ngxing-Yanming-Lu--Book
nn ^nc’-easing strength and prolonging life)
.
During the era of Sui
r”na'~t'^
(581-61S)
and Tang Dynasty
( 618-907
)
,
qigong was approved
^nck-porate
ii
as
an indispensable method of medical practice.
S^n^f tirn
throughout
Song,
Yuan,
Ming
and
ZZ
famous
medical
books
contained
pVactic'es
of
^
^
‘h'h.dj
xt
can
Idb
ssgix
that/^
tli0Oirj.0o
an
P
C!-ine=e 'qigong 'have been
the
results
of wisdom of working people
throughout
several
thousand years
from
ancient
times
of
Kan to Sonc,
Yuan,
and to Ming and Qing dynaoties.
T
^
‘-ifni-al
eftain contributions to national defense, basic medicine, .ll.ii-al
medicines
and their developments.
V.
Present
Status
cf Chinese Qigong Science
’^very
science
has
things
and
events
existing
in
a
certain
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