Important Figures in Modern Qigong

This section is dedicated to the ancestors of the modern Qigong movement. Pioneers who transformed the disorganized ancient schools into modern science and art forms.

蒋维乔 Jiang Weiqiao: author of 因是子静坐论 Yin Shi Zi Jing Zuo Lun/Yin Shi Zi Discusses Sitting in Stillness. His book was the first to discuss Daoist Meditation from a scientific and biomedical perspective and went on the profoundly influence modern Qigong theory and practice.
陈樱宁 Chen Yingning: founded the 仙学 Xian Xue/Immortality Study school of Daoist Meditation and collaborated with the Chinese government in developing modern Qigong.
郭林 Guo Lin: founded 郭林气功 Guo Lin Qigong, also known as anti cancer Qigong.
刘贵珍 Liu Guizhen: known as the father of modern Qigong. His family 内养功 Nei Yang Gong/Inner Nourishing Qigong was one of the first to be officially promoted by the Chinese government during the first active phase of modern Qigong in the 1950s-60s.
杨梅君 Yang Meijun: the inheritor of 昆仑气功 Kun Lun Qigong, also known as 大雁气功 Da Yan Qigong/Wild Goose Qigong. Her famous disciples include Zhao Jinxiang and Pang Ming who also created their own Qigong systems.
李少波 Li Shaobo: created 真气运行法 Zhen Qi Yun Xing Fa/The Method of Circulating True Qi, a meditative Qigong practice based on the Small Heavenly Orbit of Internal Alchemy.
赵金香 Zhao Jinxiang: founded the 鹤翔桩 He Xiang Zhuang/Circling Crane Qigong system.
庞明 Pang Ming: founded the Zhineng Qigong system which has a unique theory of External Hun Yuan Energy and claims to use scientific methods to arrive at its approach to practice.
胡海牙 Hu Haiya: was Chen Yingning’s main disciple and lived with him for years. He served as president of the Beijing Daoist Research Association for many years and was also a Wu Style Taiji master and famous Chinese Medicine practitioner.
赵避尘 Zhao Bichen: a proponent of Daoist Meditation and Qigong who created the 千锋派 Qian Feng School of Internal Alchemy. His book 性命法诀 Xing Ming Fa Jue/The Method Sayings of Nature and Life contained early biomedical illustrations used to describe the physiological effects of meditation.