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Primordial qigong is a form ofqigong purportedly developed by the Taoist sageZhang Sanfeng. Also known asWuji gong, it is said to have been developed by Zhang before he inventedtai chi.
Practitioner Donald Rubbo wrote inPrimordial Qigong, A Gem from the Treasure Chest of Taoist Mystical Qigong, "The Primordial Qigong system reflects the wisdom of the ancient Taoist sages and their theory of the birth of the universe. Primordialqigong is a three-dimensional physical mandala, and as such it encompasses all of the primary aspects ofTaoist philosophy: the concepts ofyin yang, the trinity (heaven, earth and man), the Five Elementwuxing theory ofTraditional Chinese Medicine, theI Ching, thebagua and the mystical aspects of numbers."[1]
The Primordial qigong system reflects the Taoist theory of the birth of the universe. The Taoist sages postulated that from the pre-birth state ofwuji (Original Emptiness) came the primal spark and from the primal spark,taiji (Supreme Ultimate) was born. Fromtaiji, yin and yang manifested as opposing forces.
Various English language authors have referred to primordial qigong as Tai Chi for Liberation (John P. Milton), Tai Chi for Enlightenment (Michael Winn) and Enlightenment Qigong (Andrew Fretwell).
Thebagua is integrated into the primordial qigong form: the eighttrigrams are represented by the placement of the body in the center facing the cardinal directions and awareness of the intercardinal directions: northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest, as one turns both counter-clockwise and clockwise throughout the form.
Roger Jahnke quoted Dr. Chen inThe Healing Promise of Qi as saying: "The form called Primordial Qigong [Wuji Qigong] reverses time to reconnect the practitioner with the past and with their prebirth state to alter the course of the future. I practiced this Qigong faithfully and took some herbal formulas and, over some time, completely recovered from cancer."[2]
Primordial qigong was brought to the United States by lineage holder Master Zhu Hui, who allegedly healed himself ofhepatocirrhosis by practicing this form daily. Zhu was taught primordial qigong by Master Li Tong.
Zhu's students included Donald Rubbo, Michael Winn, Roger Jahnke, and Larry Wong. John P. Milton is another notable teacher of primordial qigong. Milton reports having learned the form atWudang mountain in China.
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