The history of Qigong can be traced back to more than 5000 years ago, or even longer. The first description is: Su Wen in Huangdi Neijing recorded that "the ancients lived among animals, moved to avoid the cold, and lived in the shade to avoid the summer", and there were two methods of resisting cold and heat and preserving health and treating diseases. At that time, the ancients did not call this exercise method "Qigong", but called it guiding, pressing stilts, breathing and so on. In addition, Lu's "Spring and Autumn Ancient Music" records that "at the beginning of the Kangjia family, the yin and qi were stagnant, the waterways were blocked, the people's morale was stagnant, and the bones were atrophied." It shows that ancient qigong, guidance, dance and sports are not classified.

If qigong in martial arts, first, practice the external boxing to the realm of "dark strength"; Directly, it is the practice of Neijia Boxing (the most familiar is Taiji Zhuan); In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Ji's Xingyiquan, etc.).