The theoretical system of Daojiagong

Daojiagong takes immortality as its main purpose and is generally divided into orthodox school and quanzhen school. The two factions are divided into many smaller factions. In addition to the two major factions, there are many small factions, and each faction also has its own uniqueness in working theory and achievement method. In any case, when practicing martial arts, all factions take yin and yang cultivation and health preservation as the first priority, return to simplicity and nature as the highest realm, and prolong life and immortality as the ultimate goal.

Taoist priests take Laozi and Zhuangzi as their ancestors, and Tao Te Ching clearly puts forward: empty your heart, strengthen your belly, and have exclusive spirit in softness, which can be returned to the baby. Therefore, after the establishment of Taoism, the fetal interest method was established according to these theories. In the Tang Dynasty, Sima Jicheng put forward the idea of "thinking", that is, thinking about my god and my body in order to reach the realm of silence. At the same time, we should practice with the idea of guiding qi, which is the primary stage of the methods of returning the gold liquid to Dan, the size of the week and the sky.

The theoretical system of Daojiagong is not as rigorous as Buddhism, nor does it fully explain the terms and concepts of Qigong like Buddhism. In addition, there are many argots used in Taoism, which confuse the concepts and meanings of many nouns. After the Jin Dynasty, some Taoists borrowed a lot from the theoretical achievements of Buddhism in their theoretical reforms and gradually formed a relatively complete theoretical system.

The early achievement method of Daojiagong is relatively simple, except for the method of nourishing the heart, which was founded and advocated by my ancestor Lao Zi, that is, the bionic instruction techniques such as breaking the heart, sitting and forgetting, heel breathing, bragging breathing and bear-bird stretching, which were founded by Zhuangzi.

After Taoism was founded in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it absorbed many ancient health preserving techniques and immortal techniques for religious purposes. After summarizing various schools of Qigong, it created some methods with Taoist characteristics, and Taoist Gong matured and became a major school in the history of ancient Qigong in China.

In terms of achievement methods, Taoism has the following methods: Shouyi, breathing, guiding, activating qi, guarding the heart, forgetting to sit, fasting in the heart, restoring the essence, avoiding valley, resting on the heel, fetal breathing, Neidan, Taiji Chuan and Bagua Zhang, among which Shouyi, guiding, fetal breathing, guarding the heart and Neidan are the most representative.