Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
by Yin Qianhe
[published Nov 10, 1958]
[translation by Paul Brennan, Dec, 2013]
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Brennan Translation
PREFACE BY SHEN HONGLIE
The flourishing of our spirit as well as the growth of all our education and enterprise is based first of all upon the
health of the body. Therefore if we wish to stand both individually and together, and to succeed both
individually and together, we must start by giving importance to physical education, training daily and lifelong.
This is what is meant by strengthening the self.
The rise or fall of the people of a nation, the superiority or inferiority of their culture is dependent entirely on
the strength or weakness of the people. Therefore if we wish to develop culturally and rouse national prestige,
we must popularize physical education, establishing it in organizations and societies, cities and rural areas. This
is what is meant by strengthening the masses.
There are so many kinds of physical education, such as track and field events or ball sports, which are now in
vogue in our nation as they are in the rest of the world. It might be appropriate for us to train in such things, but
if we instead choose to glorify our nation by concentrating on our customary native martial arts, they do not
require special equipment or specific facilities, are not restricted by schedule or size of a group, nor do they cost
any money, which means that due to the present strained state of our economy, they are significantly easier to
popularize.
Chinese martial arts attach importance to the three unions: mind united with intention, intention united
with energy, energy united with power. This causes the mind to be always stable and the spirit always focused,
and thus it is said that skill approaches the Way. Martial virtue is thereby put on a pedestal, being minded
toward the public good and to the deliverance of those in distress. Once we make use of such a realization, then
the strengthening of oneself and the strengthening of the masses is all that is required in the cause of protecting
ones home and defending the nation.
Between the Mukden Incident [Sep 18, 1931] and the Marco Polo Bridge Incident [July 7, 1937], I was in
charge of the administration of the military in Qingdao. Throughout that time, the nation was under threat and
so we built up the nations military strength by promoting martial arts. Some sixty thousand townspeople were
trained [smelted in the furnace] in preparation to fight the enemy. When the Marco Polo Bridge Incident
occurred, Japanese soldiers and civilians were forced to have diplomatic relations broken off and leave because
of the mission to burn nine large Japanese cotton mills conducted by the martial arts teachers Gao Fangxian
and Yang Qingxian, who each led a team of martial artists to accomplish this. Soon they both received orders to
take control of Shandong, continuing the resistance against the Japanese. Yin Qianhe is a long-time martial arts
adept who led several hundred warriors that he had trained for the struggle against Japan. At that time, the
armies throughout the whole province were being rigorously drilled in martial arts. In fighting the enemy and
smiting the invaders, Gao, Yang, and Yin made an especially large contribution, boosting confidence in the
potential of martial arts to defend the nation.
The people of Qingdao are loyal and brave, honest and sincere, and so because of the shift in power since the
rebellion, many of them followed the government in its relocation to Taiwan. Being in the army, Gao, Yang, and
Yin came along as well. In their spare time, they still teach martial arts. In recent years, Yin has been a
schoolteacher and a great many have learned from him. He decided to spend his time after teaching classes to
write about Taiji Sword and Baduanjin. Once he had completed these books, he sought a preface from me.
Although I have loved martial arts my whole life, I have actually not obtained much in the way of skill, and yet I
am now in my eighth decade but not at all a feeble man, and so I am entirely convinced that I have gained by it.
Science is now flourishing and this is an era of development in weaponry. If we wish to walk among the great
powers, we need to engage in advanced scientific research, and we especially have to solidify our cultural
foundation in order to promote the health of the people. In this regard, the easiest way is the popularization of
Chinese martial arts, which cannot be overlooked. Yin ceaselessly strives to improve himself, constantly keeping
in mind the grand principle of strengthening the people and defending the nation, and herein lies the reason for
making such books. To greatly benefit the spread of martial arts is why he is writing this material down.
written by Shen Honglie of Jingling while visiting Taizhong, Dec, 1957
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Martial arts are the most characteristic part of Chinese culture, distinctive skills which throughout history have
brought the nation wealth and made its armies formidable. By often depending on such methods, theories
became profound and techniques exquisite, above and beyond the martial arts of other nations. On a larger
scale, they can strengthen the masses and defend the nation. On a smaller scale, they can add years to your life.
However, in the last few decades, the people of our nation have become infatuated with Western exercises,
rendering the several-millennia worth of cultural essence bequeathed to us by our worthy ancestors unable to
flourish, thereby resulting in our people becoming weak and hopeless, and this is truly a pitiable situation.
The sword art is the most revered of these skills in our nations history. Unfortunately, because it stresses
personal endeavor, very few books have been written about it. Later generations of students have had little to
consult, left to merely feel around in the dark. Because of this, the essence of the sword art has pretty much
disappeared. Yin Qianhe, or Baiqia, of Shandong is well-read and an expert in martial arts, and he has
investigated them deeply, devotedly researching for a long time without slackening. As he deeply feels that our
martial arts are in daily decline, he wishes to put forth what he has learned and discovered by writing it down in
a systematic way to further spread these teachings. Recently he has written Taiji Sword and Fitness Techniques
on a Bed & Scientific Baduanjin. They are rich in content, with theory clearly presented and with function fully
detailed, truly making a great contribution toward our martial arts.
I have encouraged the practice of Chinese martial arts my entire life, and have maintained my ambition to do
so since coming to Taiwan. I wish to spread such an education among the people and boost their health. The
aim is to rescue the nation through strengthening the people. Now Yin has written his books, and since he and I
are of the same mind, I am only too happy to make a preface for him.
written by Chen Panling at his home in Taizhong, Oct, 1958
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AUTHORS PREFACE
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I have but little talent and shallow learning, and my skill level is quite inferior. How could I presume to make
books and invite ridicule from experts? It is simply because the great benefit I have received from martial arts I
would not dare to keep to myself. I want to share it with my compatriots throughout the whole nation,
particularly those who are weak or often ill. With constant practice, martial arts can turn the weak into the
strong. As I do this out of a mentality of self-love and caring for others, I have roused my courage in hopes that
my small efforts will bring about a large benefit.
When I was young, I was constantly ill. Once I became an adult, I was still frail and weak. Medicines had been
having no effect, to the great anxiety of my parents, but in our town there was a Fu Tingjia, who was an expert in
martial arts, so they asked him to give me instruction. After just a year, all my chronic ailments had quickly been
cured, and I was also inspired to take it further. At that time, the well-known Taiji expert An Dingbang was
teaching at the Beijing Health & Fitness Society, so I left home to approach him for instruction. His skill was
exquisite, his teaching method was systematic and patient. I trained hard from morning to night, feeling blessed
to have access to such teachings. My strength grew to abundance and I had been transformed.
When armies were raised in resistance against Japan [1937], I followed Shen Honglie, chairman of my home
province of Shandong, by serving in the army. Shen was a long-standing advocate for martial arts, so he made
martial arts the major training regimen for the military, and since it is my hobby, I pursued this with extra
sincerity. For fighting the enemy and smiting the invaders, it proved to be very helpful.
When the communist bandits betrayed the nation [i.e. the communist takeover, meaning 1949], I went with
the government in its relocation to Taiwan, where I have been serving as a schoolteacher in the Taizhong area.
Since so many of those who get their schooling from me are young enthusiasts for martial arts, I have had no
choice but to push myself and continue in my own training, receiving frequent guidance from my martial arts
superior, Chen Panling, as well as constant encouragement from martial arts expert Wang Shujin and town
council member Song Xianting. After a class, I contemplate and study, and whatever I am delving further into,
be it Shaolin, Taiji, or weapons, if it conforms to the principles of health maintenance and the practicalities of
self defense, I invariably write it all down into books.
Of the internal arts, I have written Taiji Boxing, Taiji Sword, and Fitness Techniques on a Bed & Scientific
Baduanjin. Of the external arts, I have written Twelve-Line Tantui and Taizu Long Boxing. As for weapons, I
have written of spear, saber, sword, and staff. What I have accumulated over a long period amounts to a
compendium of information. L! Huoneng, a good friend, has done me the favor of making the photographs of
the various postures that I teach. This book is now completed and is being published at the request of many
colleagues to spread the information widely.
Seeing as I live in Taiwan, I have less access to books I ought to be consulting, and so for everything I have
explained, I have only relied on my memory of what I was taught and what I have obtained through my own
research. There are bound to be many errors and gaps. As to what I have been able to publish, I fear I am
inadequate for the task, so far putting a mere two of these books on the shelves of bookshops: Taiji Sword and
Fitness Techniques on a Bed & Scientific Baduanjin. What I have published is to supply my fellow students with
reference material. I sincerely hope that Chinese martial arts experts from around the world, gentlemen and
countrymen all, will pick out flaws to be fixed, for if you would correct me where I have missed, I would feel
fortunate indeed.
written by Yin Qianhe (Baiqia) of Shandong in Zhanghua, Taiwan, Oct, 1958
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1. There is a great variety of Chinese and Western exercises, some fast and some slow, but due to Chinas
environment, situation, and economy, it has been very difficult for everyone to take part in them.
2. Although the human body requires exercise, ones age and constitution must also be taken into account. For
instance, a man over fifty playing basketball is just a joke, because even if he can play effortlessly, he is no longer
getting any benefit from it anyway and yet could receive harm.
3. The movements in this book are very mild, easy, and scientific. I have considered the old as a means to
prepare the new, so that these exercises can be practiced by both male and female, young and old, and are
especially suitable for the old and weak.
4. This book conforms to the principles of physiology and anatomy. Practicing the material can not only
promote health, it can also prevent and treat illness.
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6. I wrote this book purely out of a sense of self-love and caring for others, for I hope my compatriots will all
obtain health by it, thereby strengthening our power against the communists.
7. I have loved martial arts for many decades. Although there are among them skills I have not learned, I
nevertheless enjoy studying their profound ideas and exploring their principles of health. This book is the
combined product of theory and experience, facts and experiment.
8. I am stupid by nature, but I am sincere. Unfortunately I lack talent with these arts, and so what I have written
is rather crude, but I hope those who love me will often give me corrections, which would make me feel
fortunate indeed.
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CONTENTS
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One: General Introduction to the Fitness Techniques & Baduanjin
Two: Things that Must be Understood While Practicing the Fitness Techniques & Baduanjin
Four: Song of Before & After Practicing the Fitness Techniques on a Bed
Five: Song for the Fitness Techniques on a Bed The Names of the Exercises in Sequence
Six: Fitness Techniques on a Bed with Explanations & Photos (including nine photos)
Seven: Song for Scientific Baduanjin The Names of the Exercises in Sequence
Eight: Scientific Baduanjin with Explanations & Photos (including ten [eleven] photos)
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The Fitness Techniques on a Bed are also called Baduanjin on a Bed and are associated with Taiji principles
and Daoist meditation practice, being based in neutrality. They are very easy to practice and a teacher is not
required. They can be learned in five minutes, practiced in ten. They strengthen the body and prevent illness,
producing limitless joy. If when you have practiced the Fitness Techniques on a Bed you still have some time,
you can also practice Scientific Baduanjin on the bed, or you can practice it after getting up from the bed. Weak
people who have illness should first go through the Self-Revitalizing Baduanjin, then once they are restored to
health, they may then practice Baduanjin proper.
As the name implies, Baduanjin [eight pieces of brocade] are like eight pieces of brocaded silks or satins
[i.e. material of the finest quality], and this is the essence within each movement. You are sure to receive great
results within a short time. For people who are busy working every day, if they can but grab a few minutes to
practice it, they can obtain the benefits of health, for it does not take up much time. The movements are
scientific, which can hardly be said of ordinary calisthenics.
With the Self-Revitalizing Techniques, you can treat illness and eliminate disease. Our ancestors invented
these exercises long ago, but unfortunately people tend to overlook them and so are unable to maintain inquiry
into them to develop them further, with the result that these perfected treasures have gradually declined and
may sink away altogether. Nowadays, through study and contemplation, by delving into the principles and
repeatedly subjecting them to experiment, we can indeed have extraordinary results.
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TWO: THINGS THAT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD WHILE PRACTICING THE FITNESS TECHNIQUES &
BADUANJIN
1. When practicing, you should calm your mind and pacify your energy, eliminating desirous thoughts.
3. You should look upon the exercise as being for health and so should not use excessive effort.
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4. The movement should be slow, and the breathing should be deep, long, and even.
5. The postures should be correct and the actions must be done appropriately.
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6. Practice every morning, going through the exercises at least twice, depending on your level of strength.
7. Before practicing, drink a bowl of boiled water with some added salt to flush your stomach and intestines.
8. In the beginning, your muscles will probably experience some aching, but you should persist and believe in
the exercises.
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1. As they do not take up much time or require special facilities, they can be practiced anytime and anywhere.
2. They are easy to learn and easy to practice, not requiring a teacher, thereby granting the effect of twice the
result for half the effort.
3. They smooth your digestive organs, assisting digestion and increasing appetite.
4. They harmonize blood and energy, invigorating your brain and refreshing your spirit.
5. They diminish inflammation and regenerate tissue, increasing the power of your immune system, reducing
the risk of sudden infections.
6. They take into account both inside and out, strengthening both stomach and lungs, and can uniformly
develop your whole body.
7. They increase your energy and strengthen your physique, promoting both health and beauty.
8. They prevent disease and bring longevity, giving you happiness for your whole life.
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FOUR: SONG OF BEFORE & AFTER PRACTICING THE FITNESS TECHNIQUES ON A BED
When you are about to go to bed, get rid of distracting thoughts,
and then once you are in bed, quiet your mind.
Sound sleep dispels fatigue.
The time goes by fast and the dreams are sweet.
When you wake up, you will enthusiastically wonder:
What should I do today?
Whatever you do with yourself,
health is the first priority.
The Fitness Techniques on a Bed
are neither tiring nor difficult to practice.
If you practice every day without fail,
you will prevent illness and also prolong life.
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FIVE: SONG FOR THE FITNESS TECHNIQUES ON A BED THE NAMES OF THE EXERCISES IN
SEQUENCE
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Stretching out your legs and reaching out your arms increases your primal vitality.
Holding your neck as you sit up strengthens your abdominal muscles.
First your left elbow touches your right knee.
Then your right elbow touches your left knee.
Then this section of the exercise is completed by both elbows touching your knees.
Then your palms touch your soles.
Push yourself up a few times to stretch your body.
Sitting silently for a while will expel all illness.
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SIX: FITNESS TECHNIQUES ON A BED WITH EXPLANATIONS & PHOTOS (including nine photos)
PREPARATION POSTURE
Explanations:
Section One:
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Stretching out your legs and reaching out your arms increases your primal vitality.
Explanations:
Section Two:
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Section Three:
Explanations:
Section Four:
Explanations:
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1. Significance of the exercise:
Same as in Section Three, but now done with the right elbow and left knee in order to exercise both ribs
uniformly so they are not worked in a one-sided way. No matter what exercise you do, you should work your
whole body evenly, never just emphasizing one area, for the exercise seeks health and beauty. If the exercise
turns into something rugged, then it will just be a waste of time.
Section Five:
Then this section of the exercise is completed by both elbows covering your knees.
Explanations:
Section Six:
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Section Seven:
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Push yourself up a few times to stretch your body.
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1. Significance of the exercise:
The several preceding postures all have to do with the waist bending forward, whereas this posture livens the
whole body. It is the most profound of exercises because it not only trains the strength of the arms, legs, and
waist, but also attends to the body as a whole. This exercise is also most appropriately practiced on a bed, where
you will not gather dirt upon your body, hands, or clothes. (If it is a spring mattress, you can cover it with a
couple of planks in order to do the exercise.)
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Section Eight:
Explanations:
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1. Significance of the exercise:
This posture is similar to doing meditation. Since this is the last posture done after finishing the other
postures, use it to restore your body and mind to a tranquil state. Even though the previous postures are slow
movements, you may nevertheless feel slightly out of breath. Sitting silently for a few minutes causes your
energy to gather within and sink to your elixir field, bolstering your abundant spirit so that you can resist
infection from all disease.
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SEVEN: SONG FOR SCIENTIFIC BADUANJIN THE NAMES OF THE EXERCISES IN SEQUENCE
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For BOTH HANDS DRAW IN SILK, apply strength slowly.
With EMPEROR LIFTS THE CALDRON, your energy fills the sky.
PHOENIX SPREADS ITS WINGS calms your mind.
IMMORTAL MAKES A BOW trains belly and waist.
MONK BENDS HIS WAIST expels stale air.
PUSH OPEN THE WINDOW TO GAZE AT THE MOON exercises the strength of your arms.
GOOSE LANDS ON THE BEACH stretches your legs along the ground.
RIDE THE HORSE WITH EXTRA WHIPPING to get us back to China!
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EIGHT: SCIENTIFIC BADUANJIN WITH EXPLANATIONS & PHOTOS (including ten [eleven] photos)
PREPARATION POSTURE
Explanations:
Section One:
Explanations:
Section Two:
With EMPEROR LIFTS THE CALDRON, your energy fills the sky.
Explanations:
Section Three:
Explanations:
Section Four:
Explanations:
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1. Significance of the exercise:
This posture precedes the actual bending over and is for dispelling fire in the triple-warmer. Pulling up your
whole body so that only your toes are touching down releases heart fire. Doing this posture increases a feeling of
ease and bliss. This can only be felt through personal experience, so try it out and see, and if you do not concur
with my words, then theyre wrong.
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Section Five:
Explanations:
Section Six:
PUSH OPEN THE WINDOW TO GAZE AT THE MOON exercises the strength of your arms.
Explanations:
Section Seven:
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GOOSE LANDS ON THE BEACH stretches your legs along the ground. (part 1)
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RIDE THE HORSE WITH EXTRA WHIPPING to get us back to China!
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The ancient immortals had their marvelous methods of limbering and fitness, the practicing of which could
prevent illness and prolong life, and long practice would result in greatly extended life. Zhang Sanfeng long ago
made an annotated explanation on wonderful methods of nurturing life and curing illness. These techniques
emerged from the Yellow Emperors Plain Girl Classic, Damos Muscle Change Classic, Hua Tuos Five Animal
Frolics, and Peng Zus methods of walking like a bear and stretching like a bird. They each greatly conform to
human physiology, and contain the methods of moving energy, expelling old air to take in new, internal skill,
and regulating of breath. On the basis of the limbering secrets of the ancient immortals, Zhang Sanfeng wrote of
magic limbering arts, simultaneously cultivating the internal and external, truly treasured lessons on
strengthening the body and dispelling disease. I here write of the Self-Revitalizing Techniques on the basis of
such ancient methods, seeking from their principles and exploring them thoroughly. Ji Kangs Treatise on
Nurturing Life mentions that breathing expels the old and takes in the fresh, while eating food nourishes the
body. Refining your energy nurtures your original state, preventing illness better than any injected or ingested
medicine, just as with scientific internal arts.
The Confucianists of our nation speak of nurturing energy. Mengzi said [Mengzi, chapter 2a]: I am good at
nurturing my noble energy. Yang Ming emphasized both cultivating the body and nurturing the temperament.
And then in modern Japan there are the silent meditation methods of Gang Tian. These all have the effects of
fitness and health. In compiling these techniques, I have considered the old as a means to prepare the new,
selecting from their most neutral aspects so that sick or old people lying abed can also practice. You will see
results after one month, illness will have left the body after three months, and you will have been completely
cured of disease after six months. Rejuvenated, your body will be at ease and your spirit will be abundant. But
you must practice perseveringly, not sporadically, going through it at least once every morning so that the
desired effect will increase with each day.
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Close your eyes and deepen your mind, so that all things become empty.
Click your teeth and swallow your saliva, rinsing your digestive organs.
Wash your face and beat your drum, stimulating your brain.
Hug your shoulders and twist, strengthening your waist and chest.
Massage your kidneys, increasing your vitality.
Massage the Jia Ji acupoint, between your kidneys.
Lift your rectum as you inhale, massaging your elixir field.
Dredge the well to wash your feet, flushing the Yong Quan acupoint.
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Section One:
Explanation:
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This posture can be done either lying down, sitting, or standing. The weak or ill may lie down, the average may
sit, and the robust may stand, although sitting is the most harmonious way. Sitting can be divided into sitting
curled and sitting upright. Sitting curled means sitting cross-legged. Sitting upright means sitting in a chair,
which makes one sit comparatively straighter. Once you are sitting, cross your thumbs over each other at the
tigers mouths, your left hand over the back of your right hand, your right palm over your elixir field.
Your eyes are slightly closed, slightly downcast (what used to be called holding court behind a screen),
making the three watchings posture the eyes watch the nose, the nose watches the mouth, and the mouth
watches the solar plexus. Your mind should be quiet and settled, calm as an autumn pond. The breathing should
be steady, delicate, deep, long, leisurely, and even. Daoists call this breathing like a baby, while Buddhists call
it entering a trance, meaning that everything is restored to its original condition, all things returned to their
source. Your mind and breath are now made safe, returned to the gates of paradise. Your breath is warm and
smooth, and your mind is in authentic void, melting into oneness with your primal state. See the photo:
Section Two:
Explanation:
Once your mind and energy have become tranquil during your sitting (or lying down or standing),
knock your teeth together thirty-six times. Then press your tongue to your upper palate for a long time to
generate a large quantity of saliva, and then swallow it down, the more the better.
Teeth are the outermost expression of the bones. As they reveal the health of the body, age is also known as
the years of the teeth. The teeth also have a connection with the kidneys. Frequently knocking the teeth
together livens the body and refreshes the spirit. It is the basis of Daoist breathing practices. Teeth are the first
stage of digestion. If the teeth are not strong, it is a great hindrance to digestion. The tongue pressing to the
upper palate generates saliva to be swallowed down with a gulp, irrigating the five organs and pouring down
into the elixir field, getting fire to descend. The ancient classics call it the wine of longevity, therefore to be
swallowed.
A tortoise breathes without interruption, swallowing its saliva, which can wash through its ren meridian. But
every winter, a tortoise will neither move nor eat, in a state hardly alive but not quite dead, for it is hibernating.
In Daoist breathing practice, by frequently knocking your teeth together and swallowing saliva, fire descends
and can unnoticeably dispel all illnesses. This is the initial stage of Daoist breathing practice. Your seated
posture is still as in the photo above.
Section Three:
Explanation:
Rub your hands together to make them hot, then put them over your face and rub as if washing your face until
your whole face is hot. Then right away while your hands are hot, rub the sides of your nose with the forefinger
and middle finger of both hands. Then cover over your ears and pull upward several times. Then strike the back
of your head by way of a forefinger flicking off of the middle finger thirty-six times, six flicks with each breath,
then switch hands. A strong sound is best.
The human body inherently has electricity. Generate it by rubbing. Elixir courses through to the area at the
back of your head called the jade pillow or clay pellet, and is the upper of the three energy junctures. By
covering over your ears, your Ni Wan [at the crown of your head] hears the call of Heaven beckoning forth your
life spirit, which gathers in your Ni Wan until your hearing is keen. Rubbing the sides of your nose with your
fingers unblocks your nose and prevents congestion. Using your fingers to flick the back of your skull makes a
sound like thunder, refreshing your brain and benefiting your spirit. It is very effective in preventing high blood
pressure and cerebral congestion.
Section Four:
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Bend your elbows, cross your arms over each other, and hug your shoulders, covering your Gao Mang acupoints
while sitting upright. Slowly twist to the left and right ten times, looking to the same spot behind you. The Gao
Mang points are difficult to reach with acupuncture or moxibustion. By frequently wrapping over your
shoulders and twisting, you can dispel all illnesses. This can also exercise your chest, waist, and abdomen. The
benefits are enormous.
There is a saying: When illness enters Gao Mang, there is no medicine that can treat it. By frequently
covering your Gao Mang acupoints, you can keep your body healthy if already free of illness, or you can
diminish illness that you may have. Practicing this posture frequently can reduce illness without your even
being aware of it. See the photo:
Section Five:
Explanation:
Receiving energy into your elixir field, rub your hands to heat them up, bring them behind you to the two sides
of your waist to rub the acupoints along the kidney channel, and rub thirty-six times. The ancient classics say:
When the kidneys are warm, essence is generated. Rub the kidney acupoints to make them very hot. This
automatically generates essence, but you must get it to enter the elixir field for essence to be transformed into
energy, whereupon you will begin to obtain true benefit.
As for lower back ache or general kidney chill or kidney depletion, by maintaining warmth in your kidneys so
that chilly air does not affect them, lower back ache can be halted. When you rub, it should be done gently and
evenly. You must not use too much force or you may injure your skin. Always with these skills you must not seek
rapid results. You have to be careful not to overdo it, which will get you no farther than underdoing anyway.
Section Six:
Explanation:
This acupoint is toward the end of the spine, two sections above the tailbone [therefore lumbar region]. Blood
vessels to the whole body pass through this area. Rub with the middle finger of each hand until it is very warm.
This opens up the sacral area, and can diminish inflammation and rejuvenate tissue, causing the kidneys to
better coordinate with each other, producing limitless benefit.
The sacral region is the lowermost energy juncture. By massaging it to make it hot, you keep it from getting
clogged up. A physiologist would [instead of energy junctures] talk of the sympathetic nervous system
[presumably the lumbosacral plexus in this case], conforming to the Daoist concept of opening the sacral area.
See the photo:
Section Seven:
Explanation:
With both hands holding your lower abdomen, inhale, causing your rectum to lift [i.e. drawing your belly in as
you inhale, which will be followed by exhaling with your belly expanding]. If your scrotum still hangs down and
you cannot get it to lift, you can use a hand to slowly prop it upward [to get the sensation of the pelvis tilting
upward]. As your rectum lifts, energy gathers in your elixir field. When you inhale, your hands rub your lower
abdomen in slow counterclockwise circles, six times with each breath, a total of thirty-six times. Not only does
this benefit your digestive organs, it helps treat hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse.
The scrotum is the key to the health of a mans life force. It is generally the case for a man that if his scrotum
is warm and shrunk in, he is healthy, whereas if it is cold and hanging loose, he is unhealthy. [Yin seems to have
a fundamental misunderstanding of its dynamic response to external temperature. The reality is simply that a
man will have reduced fertility if his testicles are not hung farther from his body when it is hot out or drawn
closer to his body when it is cold out.] The elixir field is like the root of a tree, which if kept moist, will not easily
wither. If your scrotum is naturally lifted and shrunk in, it is not necessary to prop it up, and it is enough to
angle it upward. [Yin either assumes women will not be engaging in this exercise or, what is surely more likely,
that they are exempt from these particular considerations.] Power gathered in the elixir field aids digestion,
encouraging the secretion of fluids to keep the plumbing unclogged. This posture has extraordinary effects in
regard to digestive ailments.
Section Eight:
Explanation:
Using your left hand to hold up your left foot, use your right hand to rub the Yong Quan acupoint thirty-six
times, as if you are washing your foot, until the sole of your foot is hot. Then switch to holding your right foot
with your right hand and rubbing with your left hand, as though washing your foot, until it is made hot.
On the sole of the foot is the acupoint Yong Quan [bubbling well] where energy and blood course through.
By rubbing it, you can dispel inflammation, keep your feet from being too cold in winter, or reduce the energy in
your feet during summer. Your energy and blood will be harmonious and you will walk with vigor and vibrancy.
This has a particularly marvelous effect upon the perambulating of the elderly.
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Practice these eight techniques every day after waking and before going to bed. If you practice in this way
without interruption, the results will be magical. These exercises are suitable for dealing with ailments such as
pinkeye, clogged ear, stuffy nose, cerebral congestion, lower back pain, neuralgia, intestinal or stomach pain,
heart disease, hemorrhoids, or early onset of impotence, all of which can be prevented and treated by these
means.
Much experience and experiment will bring extraordinary results. For those with any of the above ailments,
try these exercises. They are simple, easy, and effective. If anyone wishes to give others personal instruction in
these techniques, you may volunteer your services in giving guidance, and by way of a desire to remedy those
with illness or bring strength to those with weakness, all our compatriots will be made healthy, increasing our
strength for resisting the communists!
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