KEY DATES OF THE HISTORY OF THE QI GONG
1) Before HAN dynasty, up to -206
Appearance of YI KING (the book of the transfers) and of the concept of 3 energies : sky /man /earth.
2 types of training also appear at this period, Confucianist and Taoist, of which the goal is uprightness, to preserve a good health and to increase longevity. At the origin, in the first forms of Chinese acupuncture, the doctors used stone punches, then of bone and bamboo. Then came the metal needles (bronze).
2) -206 to +502
Development of 3 schools of Qi Gong
- Buddhist
- Hindouist
- Taoist
The goal of the Qi Gong is then to make the man escape the cycle of reincarnations.
A doctor of the 3rd century, Hua Tuo, affirms that one can work the Qi thanks to the thought. He formalizes the movements in order to allow a better work of energy.
3) 502 to 1911
Work concerning the Qi develops and reaches a very high level.
The Qi Gong adapts itself to the practice of the Martial Arts, in particular thanks to the practice which is made by it in the Temple of Shaolin.
Between 585 to 910 the massages and phytotherapy appear .
Around 1106, a doctor named WANG WEI YI creates the copper mannequin or "Bronze Man ", natural size, in order to visualize the points of acupuncture. He looks after the emperor, cures him and this one enables him to develop his art.
Between 1102/1106, he works on tortured victims whom he dissects alive, helped by secretaries and draughtsmen, this in order to increase his knowledge. It is around 1068 -1086 that, for the first time, one teaches acupuncture at the university.
WANG WEI YI wrote the " Illustrated handbook of the points of acupuncture and moxibustion according to the bronze statue ".
At the beginning of the twelfth century, General YUE FEI (dynasty of the SONG of the south) creates XING YI QUAN.
He also develops the series of exercises of health called " the 8 parts of brocade " or BA DUAN JIN.
He insists on the fact that thought (YI) must lead the breath of life (QI) and the movements.
Around 1279, CHANG SAN FENG, a hermit taoist, creates the TAIJIQUAN.
Under the MING dynasty (1368-1644), doctor YANG CHI CHOU gathers all that relates to acupuncture and matches up the divergent sights on the subject.
At the 18th century : creation of the BAGUAQUAN, an other martial arts which uses the principles of the Qi Gong.
4) THE QI GONG IN CHINA TODAY
The QI GONG must make it possible to the man to be put in resonance with nature. If that is difficult in our Western societies, that also became in the modern Chinese societies.
Nowadays, the Chinese, Japanese and extreme Eastern cultures in general carry out many exchanges.
The vision of propagation of the Qi Gong since the advent of the People's Republic of China is more to increase the health of the people than to obtain an opening on the universe, a more spiritual vision.
HOW MANY FORMS OF QI GONG ARE THERE ?
There are 5 schools :
1) Medicinal School :
its goal is to reinforce health, prophylactic, and if required to look after diseases.
2) Confucianist School :
Created by Confucius at the 6th century before our era and developed by Mancius at the 4th century before our era.
This school is characterized by three directions of work:
- knowledge
- morality
- uprightness
3) Bouddhic school :
- teaching rests on the mental drive and the release.
- the SAMADHI school which says that " everything is only illusion "
- the CHAN school (Japanese ZEN), which aims at the purification of the person.
4) Taoist school :
preaches not-to act, " WU WEI ". It has for goal to increase longevity and of living in harmony with nature.
5) The martial arts school :
aims to the maintenance and the improvement of health, then if required to use this strength for combat.
Source:
http://kungfuyiquan.free.fr/sitee/eqghist.html
*** So as you can see it was actually Buddhists who came and
adopted the practice into their religion, as a way to overcome what they call re-incarnation. The other school were developed in that era as well, without the same beliefs of hte Buddhists.
And I find it hard to believe that my old QiGong doctor who ate no sweets, ate no meat, and was one of the nicest, strongest, healthiest people I met, is 'possesed by a Jinn.'
But... I'll always leave room for me to be wrong, but right now that website looks even weaker. It says qigong came from Buddhism.
wrong. It says martial arts comes from Shamanism.
wrong.
Now summoning Jinn and casting circles in magick is a completely different subject, and if you did that I would say maybe you are being influenced. It's not recommended to apprentice magicians anyways to summon for at least two years before you 'build up your magical forces.' The problem is first it's shirk, and not lawful, and the second problem is kids go on the internet and read some 'cool' Wiccan spell which is an ancient evil form of black magick, and they don't even know that they've just attracted a whole boatload of problems into their life.
Stuff like that is like opening a door to the unseen, we're usually protected, but if you read ancient things, think too much about them, stay in negative places too long, you're bound to attract some negative energies IE Jinn.
I leave with one question:
- If I save someone's life using my martial arts, is that a jinn inside my helping or an angel? I think if I go fight in jihad and I'm using all my heart to run just a little longer or fight a little harder, it's not a jinn that's stimulating you it's qi.
Salaamz