{"id":8593,"date":"2012-12-05T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T20:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=8593"},"modified":"2012-12-19T14:25:20","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T19:25:20","slug":"master-yishi-yang-and-his-famous-calligraphy-on-immortal-living-massage-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=8593","title":{"rendered":"Master YiShi Yang & His Calligraphy on Immortal Living-Massage Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Cultivating The Mind<\/a>]<\/h3>\n

Master YiShi Yang and\u00a0 His Famous Calligraphy on\u00a0 Immortal Living-Massage Method<\/span><\/h1>\n

by Kevin Chen, Ph.D<\/h2>\n

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\u795e\u4ed9\u8d77\u5c45\u6cd5<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u884c\u4f4f\u5750\u81e5\u8655\uff0c\u624b\u6469\u8105\u8207\u809a\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

\u5fc3\u8179\u901a\u5feb\u6642\uff0c\u5169\u624b\u8178\u4e0b\u8e1e\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

\u8e1e\u4e4b\u5fb9\u8180\u8170\uff0c\u80cc\u62f3\u6469\u814e\u90e8\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

\u624d\u89ba\u529b\u5026\u4f86\uff0c\u5373\u4f7f\u5bb6\u4eba\u52a9\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

\u884c\u4e4b\u4e0d\u53ad\u983b\uff0c\u665d\u591c\u7121\u7aae\u6578\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

\u6b72\u4e45\u7a4d\u529f\u6210\uff0c\u6f38\u5165\u795e\u4ed9\u8def\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

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Master Yi-Shi Yang (\u6768\u51dd\u5f0f) (873–954), also known as Yang Shaoshi (\u6768\u5c11\u5e08), was a famous calligrapher in the Wu-Dai period. He was especially known for his drafting-style calligraphy, which is attributed with changing Chinese history. Unfortunately, there are not many pieces of calligraphy left in the collection that was discovered. It is said that master Yang burned most of his calligraphies when he was 70 years old as he felt the calligraphy could not bring people a real sense of peace and health.\u00a0 Instead, he decided to pay special attention to self-care and Yang Sheng (nurturing life) techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n

Master Yang wrote a famous drafting calligraphy on the subject of \u201cImmortal Living-Massage Method\u201d (\u795e\u4ed9\u8d77\u5c45\u6cd5) at the age of 76, in an attempt to promote a self massage method from traditional Chinese medicine.\u00a0\u00a0 The original piece of this calligraphy is preserved in the Changzhou Museum of Jiangshou Province.<\/span><\/p>\n

I heard about Master Yang and learned his story and Yang Sheng method from qigong master Yan Wang, when she was 75 years old, living in Amsterdam, Netherland. What\u2019s even more interesting, is that she learned this self-massage method from her master when he was 95 years old!\u00a0 Surely, this Yang Sheng method must play an important role in their health and longevity, so I decided to share it here as part of our exploration of the secrets in longevity.<\/span><\/p>\n

The famous drafting calligraphy by master Yang,\u00a0 the \u201cImmortal Living-Massage Method\u201d, is a five-word regular poem (\u4e94\u8a00\u5f8b\u8bd7).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Calligraphy by Shaoshi Yang on Immortal living massage method.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here is a brief translation of the poem:<\/span><\/p>\n

The first sentence: \u201cYou can do this exercise at any time and under any circumstance, just have the inside edges of both palms massage your rib and stomach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The second sentence: \u201cYou will feel happy and experience comfort after repeating this movement. Then use both hands to massage your stomach area with spiral motion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The third sentence says: \u201cMove yours hands to the sides of your waist, apply fists to massage the two Shen-yu points (kidney area).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The fourth sentence: \u201cRepeat these many times, you may ask your family to help if you feel tired.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The fifth sentence:\u00a0 \u201cMassage the three parts of body multiple times, the more-the better, do not feel tired of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The sixth sentence:\u00a0 \u201cThe more you practice, the more you benefit; practice after practice, you will walk toward the path of immortality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To help reader actually perform this simple exercise, Master Yan Wang (maybe it was her master), has summarized the immortal living-massage into the following three movements.\u00a0 You can do this exercise by standing or sitting down.\u00a0 All movements come as massage.\u00a0 The more you massage the better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Palms face up, and put the edge of your palms on each side underneath the liver and spleen.\u00a0 Push fairly hard into the body, and rub back and forth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Make the right hand into a fist (women), left had into a fist (men) \u2013 thumb on top of the index finger.\u00a0 Put the first onto the navel, and the other hand on top.\u00a0 Massage in circles around the abdomen; first clockwise \u2013 minimum 72 times, (This is effective against constipation).<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, massage counterclockwise, minimum 54 times, (This is effective against diarrhea).<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are constipated, massage only clockwise.\u00a0 If you have diarrhea, do only counterclockwise.\u00a0 If neither, massage both directions, accompanying with deep breathing, and make the digestive system smooth and strong.<\/span><\/p>\n

Massage the kidneys with the back of the fists.\u00a0 As many times as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Try this exercise daily for a month; you will feel the difference in your daily life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Kevin Chen<\/p><\/div>\n

Kevin W Chen, Ph.D. \u2013 is an associate professor at the Center for Integrative Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine (USA). \u00a0Dr. Chen was educated in the universities of both China and the United States, and has\u00a0years of experience and training in blending eastern and western perspectives, and in\u00a0the practice of life-nurturing methods. As a long-time practitioner of Qigong Yang Sheng, he is one of the few scientists in the U.S. to have both hands-on knowledge of mind-body practice, and an active research career in mind-body medicine, which is funded through grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and various foundations.\u00a0 Dr. Chen devotes his career and life to the practice of Yang Sheng, and promotion of self-healing and mind-body-spirit integration through the non-profit organization, World Institute for Self Healing (WISH) (<\/span>http:\/\/www.wishus.org<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/address>\n
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