Yang Jwing-Ming - The Root of Chinese Qigong: Secrets of Health, Longevity, & Enlightenment

The Root of Chinese Qigong

Secrets for Health, Longevity, & Enlightenment

...The Heart (Upper Burner, Fire) and the Kidney (Lower Burner, Water) keep each other in check and are dependent upon one another. The Spirit of the Heart and the essence of the Kidneys cooperate in establishing and maintaining human consciousness...

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Yang, Jwing-Ming, 1946

The root of Chinese qigong : secrets for health, longevity & enlightenment / by Jwing-Ming Yang. 2nd ed.

p. cm. (Qigong in depth)

Includes biographical references and index.

ISBN: 978-1-886969-50-7 (print) ISBN: 978-1-886969-50-6 (ebook)

1. Chi kung. 2. Martial arts. 3. Alternative medicine. I. Title.

RA781.8.Y36 1997

613.7148
QBI97-40737

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To My Brother Dr. Tim Chun-Chieh Yang

Acknowledgments

Thanks to A. Reza Farman-Farmaian for the photography, David Ripianzi, David Sollars, John Hughes, Jr. and James OLeary, Jr. for proofing the manuscript and for contributing many valuable suggestions and discussions, to Dr. Guthiel for writing the foreword, to Wen-Ching Wu for drawings and general help, and to Sierra for drawings and the cover design. Special thanks to Alan Dougall and Eric Hoffman for editing.

Acknowledgments New Edition

In this new edition, I would like to express my thanks to Tim Comrie and Mei-Ling Yang for general help, to Kain M. Sanderson and June-Marie Mahay for proofreading the manuscript, and to Andrew Murray for editing the new edition. Thanks also to Jerry Leake for typesetting, Ilana Rosenberg and David Lepp for the cover design and artwork, and Sarah Noack for her work with the LifeART images. Special thanks to Dr. Irwin H. Rosenberg and Daniel Reid for writing the forewords to this new edition.

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Yang, Jwing-Ming, Ph.D.

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming was born on August 11th, 1946, in Xinzhu Xian (), Taiwan (), Republic of China (). He started his Wushu ()(Gongfu or Kung Fu, ) training at the age of fifteen under Shaolin White Crane (Bai He, ) Master Cheng, Gin-Gsao (). Master Cheng originally learned Taizuquan () from his grandfather when he was a child. When Master Cheng was fifteen years old, he started learning White Crane from Master Jin, Shao-Feng (), and followed him for twenty-three years until Master Jins death.

In thirteen years of study (1961-1974 A.D.) under Master Cheng, Dr. Yang became an expert in the White Crane style of Chinese martial arts, which includes both the use of barehands and of various weapons such as saber, staff, spear, trident, two short rods, and many other weapons. With the same master he also studied White Crane Qigong (), Qin Na (or Chin Na, ), Tui Na () and Dian Xue massages (), and herbal treatment.

At the age of sixteen, Dr. Yang began the study of Yang Style Taijiquan () under Master Kao Tao (). After learning from Master Kao, Dr. Yang continued his study and research of Taijiquan with several masters and senior practitioners such as Master Li, Mao-Ching () and Mr. Wilson Chen () in Taipei (). Master Li learned his Taijiquan from the well-known Master Han, Ching-Tang (), and Mr. Chen learned his Taijiquan from Master Chang, Xiang-San (). Dr. Yang has mastered the Taiji barehand sequence, pushing hands, the two-man fighting sequence, Taiji sword, Taiji saber, and Taiji Qigong.

When Dr. Yang was eighteen years old he entered Tamkang College () in Taipei Xian to study Physics. In college he began the study of traditional Shaolin Long Fist (Changquan or Chang Chuan, ) with Master Li, Mao-Ching at the Tamkang College Guoshu Club ()(1964-1968 A.D.), and eventually became an assistant instructor under Master Li. In 1971 he completed his M.S. degree in Physics at the National Taiwan University (), and then served in the Chinese Air Force from 1971 to 1972. In the service, Dr. Yang taught Physics at the Junior Academy of the Chinese Air Force (