A Source Book in the Chinese Martial Arts, Volume 2: Medicine, Meditation and Military History by James Wong (Preowned)

Table of contents

Acknowledgements, Rules of Romanization
(Wade-Giles System)
Prolegomenon

I. The Confluence of Chinese Medicine and the Martial Arts
A. The historical and philosophical bases of medicine and martial arts in China
B. The role of therapeutic exercise in Chinese medicine
C. The medical opuses of early China

II. The Tao of Chinese Medicine
A. The influence of philosophical Taoism upon Chinese medicine
B. The interplay of yin-yang in Chinese medicine
C. Contemporary revisions of traditional Chinese medical systems

III. The Regimen of Chinese Medicine with the Martial Arts
A. General role of medicine and the martial arts
B. Compendium of Chinese medicinal herbs utilized with the martial arts
C. Compendium of Chinese medicinal herbs employed for injuries in the martial arts of China

IV. The Relationship Between Ch'an (Zen) Meditation and the Martial Arts
A. An overview of the history and practice of meditation
B. The physical effects of the meditative processes

V. The Confluence of Chinese Martial Arts and Military Strategy: The Harmony and Unity of the Yin-Yang Interplay

VI. Conclusion

Endnotes
Appendix I - The Tao Chia Canons
Appendix II - The List of Chinese Canons
Appendix III - List of Chinese Volumes
Appendix IV - List of Chinese Personages
Appendix V - List of Medical Terms
Appendix VI - List of Herbs
Appendix VII - List of Terms
Appendix VIII - Sources in Philosophical Terms
Selected Bibliography
Selected Periodical Articles

Length: 102 pages

Publication Date: 1981