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QIGONG SAYINGS<\/span><\/h1>\n

Proverbs of Yang-Sheng \u517b\u751f\u683c\u8a00 <\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201cWhen genuine energy is stored within, diseases cannot invade the body\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

.Li Dongyuan (1180 \u2013 1251)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe energy is the basis of life. Everything in the Universe changes and develops thanks to qi.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhang Zhongjing, (“Jing Yue’s Anthology”), Ming Dynasty<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe person does not train the energy, but the energy trains the person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

qigong saying<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLife exists because qi is amassed, when qi is dispersed, one dies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhuang Zi, ancient Chinese philosopher, Taoist and qigongist.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEnergy is matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Book of Changes\u201d (\u201cZhou Yi Yi Jing\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMan is created by the energy of Heaven and Earth, <\/span>
\n and is led by the principles of the four seasons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“Huang Di Nei Jing” (Su Wen)\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn its disintegrated state, qi is scattered and diffuse. <\/span>
\n Through integration, it forms matter, <\/span>
\n thereby giving rise to the manifold diversity of humans and things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Luo Qinshun, a neo-Confucian from Ming Dynasty<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI will follow Wang Qiao to find pleasurable entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Consume the Six Energies<\/span><\/p>\n

and drink the Drifting Flow, ah!<\/span><\/p>\n

Rinse the mouth with True Yang<\/span><\/p>\n

And swallow Down Aurora\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

from \u201cTraveling Afar\u201d (\u201cYuan You\u201d), a chuci poem written by Qu Yuan (about 340 – 278 BC), <\/span>
\n great poet and qigongist from the Warring States period in China.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHold the breath so that even a goose feather cannot stir before the nostrils. <\/span>
\n Breathe slowly and gently 300 times without hearing anything, <\/span>
\n seeing anything, or thinking anything…\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sun Simiao, ancient Chinese doctor and qigongist<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHealth preservation means to look at the original energy qi and the jing essence as wealth\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tao Xuanjing<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNot permitting one thing to interfere with another is called “concentration”. <\/span>
\n When the mind is asleep, it dreams. When it is relaxed, it moves of its own accord. <\/span>
\n When it is employed, it schemes. Therefore, the mind is never without movement. <\/span>
\n Nonetheless, there is still the capacity for quiescence. Not permitting dreams <\/span>
\n and petty annoyances to disrupt this capacity to know is called “quiescence”.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Xun Zi, ancient Chinese philosopher<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat which penetrates Heaven and Earth and connects past and present<\/span><\/p>\n

is nothing other than the material substance [qi], which is unitary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Luo Qinshun, a neo-Confucian from Ming Dynasty<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart is as calm as still water<\/span><\/p>\n

without the least wind stirring<\/span><\/p>\n

I sit undisturbed<\/span><\/p>\n

taking a thousand breaths.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suddenly in the midnight<\/span><\/p>\n

I enter a wonder land,<\/span><\/p>\n

With rolling waves and rising sun in sight”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lu You (1125 – 1210), prominent Chinese literature and qigongist from South Song dynasty.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing stable, one is able to be still;<\/span><\/p>\n

being still, one is able to be at peace;<\/span><\/p>\n

being at peace, one is able to contemplate;<\/span><\/p>\n

being able to contemplate, one is able to get it [the energy].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

the Opening statement of the Confucian book \u201cDa Xue\u201d (“The Highest Learning”)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Qigong Sayings collected by Kevin Chen, Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\n

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