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The power of Taoist health preservation is based on meditation and peace, which is called cultivation; Nourishing the essence and consolidating the foundation is called nourishing life. Self-cultivation must be carried out on the basis of nourishing life, so it is called double cultivation of health preservation. This is the fundamental difference between this work and other qigong, and also the reason why it has special health-preserving effect.
Summary of Taoist health preservation technology
According to the description of Laozi and Zhuangzi by the Taoist ancestors, the Tao Te Ching says that "the heart is hollowed out, but the stomach is filled" and that "devotion to the spirit can be attributed to the baby". Taoism follows it and creates a method of fetal interest. In the Tang Dynasty, Sima Jincheng also advocated "keeping thoughts", that is, keeping my mind and thinking about my body, reaching a quiet state and guiding the movement with thoughts. This is the origin of later techniques such as "Golden liquid belongs to Dan" and "Big and Small Weeks".
Daojiagong aims at longevity, and there are mainly two schools: Zhengyi School and Quanzhen School. The two schools are divided into several sects, and there are also several primary schools outside the two schools. Each faction also has its own characteristics in theory and achievement method. Nevertheless, no matter what kind of kung fu He always sends him to practice, the first priority is to cultivate Yin and Yang, and to cultivate both life and nature. The highest state is to return to simplicity, and the ultimate goal is to prolong life and live forever.
The theoretical system of Daojiagong is not as rigorous as Buddhism, nor does it interpret qigong terms and concepts like Buddhism. In addition, Taoist doctrine often uses argot, which leads to the ambiguity of the meanings and concepts of many nouns. After the Jin Dynasty, many Taoist scholars absorbed and drew lessons from Buddhist theory in theoretical reform, and palace Taoism gradually formed a complete theoretical system.
Taoism attaches great importance to personal practice. For thousands of years, many Taoists have devoted their lives to finding effective methods. It is said that Lv Dongbin, a Taoist priest of the Five Dynasties, conducted an extremely tragic experiment to practice Tianmu point, and 3,000 disciples died 800 times. It can be said that the Taoist achievement system is established on the basis of constantly absorbing the practical experience of these people.
In the early days of Taoism, the techniques were relatively simple. Besides the method of keeping one, advocated by Laozi, there were bionic instructions such as breaking the heart, sitting and forgetting, heel breathing, bragging and bird stretching advocated by Zhuangzi. After Taoism was founded, it absorbed many ancient health preserving techniques and so-called "immortal techniques" for religious purposes, and created some martial arts with Taoist characteristics on the basis of summarizing ancient Qigong. Since then, Jia Daogong has become increasingly colorful and has become the mainstream in the history of Qigong.