| Qigong is considered as the extraordinary one in Traditional culture, it has maken a great contribution to people's healthcare. Firstly, according to the researches on Qigong's historical sources and retrospective review, some problems in Qigong field were discussed, and it was claimed that the correct theory to explain the Qigong phenomenon and effects should be used for the guidance of practice.Practicing Qigong is a kind of excise and regulation to the human body, so that we have to cognize and handle more about the human body before we study it. The ancient people belive in the Trinity view of life about human body, vitality and qi, after learning through and cognizing the human body. This is the special viewpoint about the human beings in traditional Chinese culture. Cognizing and comprehending this viewpoint is quite useful for practicing Qigong.The theoretical origin and conception of Trinity view of life about human body, vitality and qi were comprehensively discussed in present article. The viewpoint includes two aspects:Firstly, the human life is formed by the body, qi and spirit, the implication of Human body mentioned above is the basic material of life activities, and also is the house of life activities, it contains viscera, four limbs, skin, muscles, tendons, bones and etc. All the visible materials belong to the Human body; Qi is the specific substance of the life activities which flooded around the human body, and the qi movement is the important form and content of the life activities. Spirit here means consciousness which governs the life activities. The mental activities are the beginning of life activities which manifests in the biophysical activities, all the life activities depends on the mental activities. Secondly, the Human body, Qi and Spirit are the mutual-connected, mutual-affected and unified whole. The Human body, Qi and Spirit are the mutual-connected and depended whole. Without the Human body, the Spirit can not exist, which can not maintain the life activities. Without Qi, the life activities will lack of the organic activities. The disorder of qi to ascend, descend, exit and enter will lead to the death of Spirit and separation of Qi. Without the regulation and control of Spirit, it will lead to the disorder of qi and the depletion of Essence.Based on the explanation of Trinity view of life about human body, vitality and qi, this article reveals that the essence to exercise Qigong is for regulating and controlling the human body, qi and spirit. First, practicing Qigong is useful for regulating and controlling the human body. No matter what the movable Qigong, the immovable Qigong, or standing excises, sitting works or sleeping excises, you have to adjust your physical postures, and some standards and principles should be followed. By regulating and controlling the human body, one side it can active the meridian, promote the flow of the qi and blood as well as adjust the visceral function. For another, the process of regulating and controlling the human body is the one for unifying the human body, vitality and qi, it is also the process to integrate the mind activities and body activities. Expect that, the essence of respiration in Qigong means to combine the human body and Spirit, and also means to regulate and practice the basic breathing movements well. Second, practicing Qigong is useful for regulating and controlling the Qi movements, the human body is the carrier of the qi movements, guiding and regulating the qi movement is consider as the inevitable step to practice Qigong. Guiding and regulating the qi movement should follow some laws of the life activities, for instance, the qi movements of ascending, descending, exiting and entering. There are three kinds of methods to guide the qi movement:guiding the qi movement by body activities, guiding the qi movement by mind activities, guiding the qi movement by voice. Third, practicing Qigong is useful for regulating and controlling the spirit movements. Among the spirit, qi and human body in our human beings, the spirit activities govern the life movements which play a very important role in our life activities. For this reason, without regulating and controlling the spirit movements, we can not practice Qigong successfully. The ancients summarized three types of methods to regulate spirit activities:aesthetical whisht, guiding consciousness, watching for oneself' s mind. Regulating and controlling the Human body, Qi and Spirit are the auxiliary to one another in practicing Qigong. We can not regulate and control the Human body well without the Qi and Spirit, regulate and control Qi should integrate the Human body and the Spirit, while regulating and controlling the Spirit must integrate the Human body and the Qi. In addition, the way to regulate and control the Spirit also includes a great personal self cultivation, sentiments and morality.By means of explaining and analyzing the Trinity view of life about human body, vitality and qi, the present article reveals the nature of Qigong exercise is for regulating and controlling the human body, qi and spirit, which supply the reliable theory for practicing Qigong.
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