title: [Textual research on the illustrations in ancient versions of Yi jin jing (Classic of Changing Tendon)].
abstract: For a long time, the origin of inheritance of Daoyin illustrations for changing the tendon and its development are vague and lack of investigation. By investigating 48 kinds of versions of Yi jin jing (Classic of Changing Tendon), and other archaic texts of Daoyin for keeping-fit, it can be identified that there are no illustrations in extant early works of Yi jin jing. In terms of the Daoyin illustrations in the rather extensively distributed Yi jin jing, there are external exercise of Eight Section Brocade, Twelve Illustrations for Changing Tendon, 22-style yi jin jing, which are 3 different series of exercise in which the 22-style is not derived from the 12-style one. The illustrations of Daoyin for changing the tendon in the ancient versions of Yi jin jing were stemmed from the source other than the versions of Yi jin jing itself. Among them, the external exercise of Eight-section brocade is derived from many works of the Ming Dynasty, while the 12 illustrations for changing the tendon is derived from Wei sheng yao shu (Essential Art of Healthcare) in the 18th year of Xianfeng reign of the Qing Dynasty. The so-called "illustrations of external classic of yi jin jing" is but only part of the 22-style yi jin jing.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D013710:Tendons