[A probe into the origin and development of Ba Duan Jin's name and its connotation]

Abstract

The earliest record of Ba Duan Jin is Yi Jian Zhi(, Records of Yi Jian) of the Song Dynasty, among which Ba Duan Jin refers to sitting Ba Duan Jin.Many Ba Duan Jin in books from Ming and Qing Dynasty, which are about nurturing vitality and preserving health, refer to the sitting Ba Duan Jin.Standing Ba Duan Jin was not called Ba Duan Jin at first. It was basically established in Dao Shu of the Song Dynasty, which has no specific name.At the procedure of spread, it was called "Yin Dao Jue" or "Lyu Zhen Ren An Le Ge" or "Xu Zhen Jun Yin Dao Jue" . Until the early years of Guangxu, when the Yijinjing Wai Jing Tu Shuo first call the standing Ba Duan Jin as Ba Duan Jin, the word Ba Duan Jin were mainly referred to standing Ba Duan Jin instead of sitting Ba Duan Jin.

Keywords: Ba Duan Jin; sitting Ba Duan Jin; standing Ba Duan Jin.