Xiuzhen miyao, a gymnastic (daoyin/qigong) text of unknown origin, was rediscovered and published with a preface by Wang Zai in 1513 (8th year of the Zhengde reign period of the Ming dynasty). It ...

Translated, it means "eight-section brocade", a reference to the combination of eight stylised exercises comprising slow, flowing movements. As a form of qigong, an ancient Chinese discipline ...