I. Introduction
Yijinjing originated from the introduction of ancient Chinese medicine and has the effect of strengthening the body and preventing diseases. It has been widely circulated among Buddhists and folk martial arts practitioners for a long time.
Yijinjing is a monograph that introduces the guiding methods of strengthening the body, and it was not carved until the Qing Dynasty. Although there were many manuscripts before, none of them came from the same source. Based on the textual research of the Japanese book "Shenbenji", it is found that this book was copied in the first half year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, earlier than the western version, and it is probably the ancestor of Yijinjing.
The age of the manuscript is very close to that of the book. The book may have been written during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and the lower limit must be before the middle period of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. The "question and answer" at the end of the book belongs to the author's explanation of relevant academic issues and can be used as circumstantial evidence for the ancestors. This book was compiled for Haidai tourists in the early Qing Dynasty, and it is not excluded that it is the author.
Second, the origin of scripture.
In the collection of books in the school auditorium in the Qing Dynasty and Cheng Lizhong's works, Ling Yankan thinks that Yijinjing was written by Taoists in Tiantai, Zi Ning in the Ming Dynasty under the guise of Buddhism. Of course, there are other opinions, right and wrong, and there is no consensus. Yijinjing is mostly China traditional health-preserving kungfu, such as guidance, massage and breathing.
At present, the earliest version of Yijinjing is Shaolin Yijinjing written by Zhang Lai in Daoguang period. Among them, there is a postscript to Yijinjing Yi written by a Taoist priest, saying that this book was handed down in Shao and Huang dynasties, listing terms such as Zen, patriarchal clan, sophistry, clear knot and muddy water, which is obviously written by Ming people.