The Shaolin Monastery. History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts

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  1. See Maspero, “Methods of ‘Nourishing the Vital Principle,’” pp. 445–448.

  2. Maspero, quoted in Needham and Ling, Science and Civilization in China,
    vol. 2, p. 153.

  3. Seidel, “Chronicle of Taoist Studies,” p. 261.

  4. See Engelhardt, “Longevity Techniques and Chinese Medicine,” p. 77.

  5. Needham and Lu, Science and Civilization in China, vol. 5, part V, p. 27. See
    also Seidel, “Chronicle of Taoist Studies,” p. 264.

  6. Kroll, “Body Gods and Inner Vision,” pp. 153–154. On the Scripture of the
    Yellow Cour t, see also Robinet, Taoist Meditation, pp. 55–96.

  7. See Engelhardt, “Longevity Techniques and Chinese Medicine,” pp. 102–
    103; and Harper, Early Chinese Medical Literature, p. 110.

  8. See Needham and Lu, Science and Civilization in China, vol. 5, part V, pp. 181–
    184; and Maspero, “Methods of ‘Nourishing the Vital Principle,’” pp. 506 –517.

  9. Palmer, “Modernity and Millenarianism in China,” p. 79.

  10. Palmer, “Modernity and Millenarianism in China,” pp. 79–109. See also
    Chen, Breathing Spaces, pp. 170–184; and Miura, “The Revival of Qi.”

  11. Tang Hao and Gu Liuxin, Taijiquan yanjiu, pp. 5–6.

  12. Lin Boyuan, Zhongguo tiyu shi, pp. 378–379.

  13. Quan jing, Quan fa beiyao, preface, 1b.

  14. Tang Shunzhi, Jingchuan xiansheng wenji, 2.9a. See also Zhou Weiliang,
    Zhongguo wushu shi, p. 91.

  15. Quan jing, Quan fa beiyao, preface, 1b.

  16. Wile, T’ai-chi’s Ancestors, pp. 100–101; the original is Chang Naizhou, Chang
    Shi wuji shu, 2.21–22.

  17. Wile, T’ai-chi’s Ancestors, p. 93; Chang Naizhou, Chang Shi wuji shu, 2.14.

  18. Wile, Lost T’ai-chi Classics, p. 56; the original is transcribed in ibid., p. 133;
    the song is attributed to Li Yiyu (1832–1892).

  19. Qing bai lei chao, 6:2906.

  20. Beijing lao Tianqiao, p. 23.

  21. See Yijin jing, in Zhongguo chuantong yangsheng zhendian, pp. 224 and 209
    respectively.

  22. Wu Jingzi, Rulin waishi, 51.492. The reference to qi, and to the Yijin jing, is
    in 49.475–476.

  23. The Iron Cloth Shirt is the subject of an ironic Pu Songling (1640–1715)
    tale; see his “Tiebu shan fa,” in Liaozhai zhiyi, 6.757.

  24. Quoted in Esherick, Boxer Uprising, p. 105.

  25. His name was Zhang Luojiao. See Cheng Dali, “Qingdai wushu,” p. 72; Na-
    quin, Millenarian Rebellion, p. 30; and Esherick, Boxer Uprising, pp. 96–98.

  26. See Esherick, Boxer Uprising, pp. 104–109.

  27. Esherick, Boxer Uprising, p. 225; the original memorial by magistrate Ji
    Guifen is in Shandong jindaishi ziliao, 3:192.

  28. On magic and the late imperial martial arts, see Zhou Weiliang, Zhongguo
    wushu shi, pp. 92–93; and Hao Qin, “Lun wushu wenhua yu zhongguo minjian
    mimi zongjiao de guanxi,” pp. 205–208.


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