A Great Way: 大道之行

By Xiaogang Wu, 霖 武 and 小鋼 武

本書第一章介紹了儒、道、釋、醫、武、民間這六大傳統氣功淵源领地中的一部分修煉思想和練功理念，旨在希望讀者能通過瞭解傳統氣功，得到對中國氣功之貌的概識。

第二章是本書的重點章節；2*1和2*2章節，扼述了百年來中國功夫從"術"到"氣功科學"的改革歷程；2*3是1979年以後的20年中的中國大陸氣功界和科學界進行氣功外氣和特異功能應效合作的案例簡介，以及伴隨而來的科學界和氣功界在觀念上不能相容的一些思想表現；2*4和2*5節，從西方科學史例和西方科學的源頭和發展史，論證了現代科學與氣功文化之間的思想鴻溝之淵源來由；2*6節在將西方科學理念和東方整體思想作比較中，論證了現代科學的認識論、方法論和方法論基礎的缺陷，以及如何找到彌

• Language: English
• Publisher: EHGBooks
• Release date: Dec 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781625031525

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英文簡介

The Key Points of the Book

This is a book on Chinese Kungfu(gongfu功夫) with the academic theory.

China has 5,000 years of its civilization. What is the original source of the Chinese traditional civilization? In brief, it is the activity of kungfu practice. Because the Ch’i(Qi,氣) it is the major goal in the process of the kungfu practice. The property of kungfu thus is the activity of qi practice. What is Qi? It is an existence in everything and in the all of Nature; and is also in the human body. The method of qi practice is called Ch’ikung(Qigong氣功). What is the meaning of Kung(Gong功) in Ch’ikung? Gong means     Practice or Work. Qi Gong means the practice of qi or the work of qi. Qigong Today is a terminology in official Chinese, e.g. Health Qigong, Qigong Healing Therapy, Qigong Wellness, Qigong Science, and etc. In short, the qigong practicing activity is the root and the original fountain of the Chinese style civilization.

More and more people in or out of China are aware of qigong or are practicing it today. As a practical method and applied technique, qigong has been practiced for over 3,000 years according to the archaeological records. To qualify as a practical activity, qigong was used in seeking the secrets of Nature; as a practicing method, qigong is used to promote health and enhance the normal abilities of people. It also has the potential of ability development. As an applied technique, qigong is used to heal the sick. This is the most popular application if qigong today. There are still more actions we know through the study of qi. In the practice of qigong, the mind of the practitioner must focus inwards to regulate the physical functions of the body and regulate the internal qi(physical qi /vital energy) of oneself. In the qi practice, the practitioner is in a special state called Qigong State which compounds the natural qi (universal force) into his/her internal qi by the will power of him/herself. It is a mental—physical condition of the human being.

In traditional China, the methods of qigong had been kept in the six fields of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese