Qigong Study With Confucian Ethics

Qigong is the germs of our national culture in china, a bright pearl which gives birth to the humane spirits of Chinese culture, and an important form which inherits our traditional culture in china. On the basis of absorbing the essence of the traditional Qigong, the Administrative center of Body-building Qigong in the state Physical Culture of Administration creates the Body-building Qigong which bears the imprint of time. The Body-building Qigong has attracted more and more attention along with its vigorous development. With the development of market economy, people's moral value is crashed by the interests and their personalities are lopsided, one way and abnormal. Under this background, there exist a series of Problems which seriously affects the development of the Body-building Qigong.By searching the information on the Internet, we find that , at present, the studies on the Body-building Qigong at home mainly focus on its surface concept, ways of doing Qigong, functions,etc. The studies on its cultural connotations have not been touched upon. There are few studies on the influence of "Rushi" culture which best manifests the Confucian firm and persistent thought on the connotation of the Body-building Qigong. What's more, the studies on the Body-building Qigong and the Confucian ethic have not been found on the Internet.Therefore, the present thesis aims at using the method of literature review, the method of historical analysis, comparative study, the method of systematic analysis, etc. and applying the knowledge from literature, modern medical science, Qigong science and science of health care to investigate the moral connotations of Body-building Qigong from many perspectives. This study analyzes the moral connotations of Body-building Qigong, points out that its connotations consist of two dimensions inner moral and social moral, and explores the interaction between Confucian ethic and Body-building Qigong andthe present value brought by Confucian moral thoughts to the development of Body-building Qigong. Basing on these studies, the author presents the strategies to develop the Body-building Qigong. The purpose of the thesis is to keep the sustainable development of the Body-building Qigong, propel world peace and serve people's health all over the world.The conclusions of our study are as follows:(1) In the development of the Body-building Qigong, there exists a problem of moral bankrupts which disturbs the normal social system and the development of people's body and mind. At the same time, the Body-building Qigong plays an important role in satisfying people's demands of health care, propelling the whole people to join in the sports activities, and maintain our social stability. This shows that the opportunities and challenges brought by the Body-building Qigong coexist.(2) As a component of China's culture with a long history, the Body-building Qigong has a profound cultural foundation. Its principle of practicing the Body-building Qigong persistently and honestly, the thought of the unity of heaven and man, the demands of being happy and peaceful, a highly harmonious direction, the value outlook of caring life and some other social moral thoughts can be traced to the same origin with the Confucianism.(3) Confucian moral thoughts are quite profound and many connotations such as carrying forward morality and justice, praising public benefits highly, laying stress on honesty, attaching importance to justice and underrating benefits, focusing on cultivating people's moral character, the unity of heaven and man, and so on. These thoughts can be used for reference to solve the problem of the moral bankrupts in the development of the modern Body-building Qigong.(4) Kindheartedness which is the basic value spirit of Confucian moral thoughts, filial piety which is a specific outlook of social value, and justice, comity, courteous, honesty, harmonious, etc. are the basic maxim of behavior. They can provide spiritual nutrition to the promotion and development of theBody-building Qigong. At the same time , the development of Body-building Qigong can promote the spreading and inheritance of Confucian moral thoughts.(5) The present study advocates to on the spirits of firm and persistent, pay attention to the observation of the harmonious system, manifest a sound ideal ecology, pursuit the ideal of the harmonious society, give prominence to portray an ideal personality and so on. These strategies can offer the theoretical support methodology for the sustainable development of the Body-building Qigong.