title: [On Liu qin xi (six animal frolics) in Huai nan zi (Discourses of Master Huainanzi)].
abstract: The six styles of the art of Daoyin recorded in Liu An's Huai nan zi (Discourses of Master Huainanzi) of the Western Han Dynasty was called the Liu qin xi which was simplified from the complicated ancient Daoyin art of bionic practice imitating the movements of six kinds of animal. Among them, the "xiong jing"imitates the erecting walking style of a bear so as to strengthen the waist and lower extremities; the "niao shen"follows the spreading of wings of a bird so as to extend the arms and legs, to train the shoulders and extremities; the "fu yu"imitates the movements of swimming and moving head of a wild duck so as to train the head and neck; the "yuan jue"imitates the jumping of a monkey among the tree branches so as to train the legs and waist; the "chi shi"imitates the streching neck movements of an eagle so as to strengthen the neck and improvement of vision; while the "hu gu"imitates the movement of turning head of a tiger so as to train one's nape and the buttock.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Xiaozhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D015444:Exercise; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*