Chinese Qigong Illustrated

With a history of several thousand years in china, qigong is regarded as a way to cultivate character and prolong life, and is therefore closely linked with the appearance and development of Chinese civilization. Replenished and perfected over the years, qigong has developed into a health-keeping

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art containing a complete set of exercises and principles. It is not only explained in language but also described with illustration. And those pictues, simple but vivid, as seen in classic books on qigong, give expression to its principles, exercises and skills. The pictures in this book are selected from some monumental books on qigong and captioned in simple yet exact words. Readers, especially those who are keen on qigong study and practice, may use them for their reference.

Contents

Introduction
Theory
Hetu and luoshu
Taiji diagram
Bagua
Spatial outlay of bagua
Round diagram of the sixty-four hexaabrams
Linear diagram of the sixty-four hexagrams
Wuxing
Wuji
Clearness and turbidness, Dong and jing (stillness)
Nourishing the mind
Concentrating on zuqiao
Bringing the three parts together
Heche
Zhentu
The union of qian and kun
Neiyao an dwaiyao
Timetable for qigong practice
Snaguan
Xianglong and fuhu
Rotation of falun
Zhixie tianji (analysis of natural law)
Twentyfour solar terms
Ten chan pictures
Diagrams of jingluo and acupoint
Exercises
Clouds setting off rainbow
Rubbing the gate of jing with palms
Relaxing feet through heels
Soothing chest depression by regulating qi
Seated on a mat and floating on water
Rubbing dantian and regulating qi
Placing hands at abdomen and 'holding up the moon'
Twisting tianzhu and getting qi to flow
Rubbing face and getting it beautiful
Angling by the lake
The dragon flying and the tiger running
Lao Zi banishing the wind
Rubbing clouds and relaxing sleeves
Water flowing on a high mountain
Rubbing the nape of neck
Beating the drums and plucking the zither
Sitting in silence
Flicking the nape of neck and ears echoing with sound
Han Xiangzi using qi
Turning the windlass
Pushing against restraint
Fishing frolicking in the North Sea
Lying in white snow and keeping body relaxed
Flowers gllittering in hair
Liu Hai teasing frog
Cleansing the mind in fresh breeze
Adjusting the flow of blood and qi
The black dragon wagging its tail
Liuzijue
Paying respect to void with the mind still
Singing songs and getting qi and blood to flow
Plucking flowers and getting qi to flow
Looking up at heaven and dwon at earth
Taking a glance at flowers on horseback
Wuqinxi
Exercise to be done in the lunar year
Styles
Sitting exercise
Standing exercise
Walking exercise
Lying exercise
Taoist exercise
Buddhist exercise
Therapeutic exercise
Confucianist exercise
Wushu-qigong exercise
Static exercise
Dynamic exercise
Basic requirements for practice
Zheng
Jing (stillness)
Song
Xi
Kong
Shun
Dao
Guan
Bao
Shou

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