Zhineng Qigong

Pang Ming was born in 1940 in a remote and poor north China village. He was part of a big extended family that included practitioners of Daoist and folk qigong. There was early recognition that he was not an ordinary child. When he was only three years old a qigong Master recognised the child's special qualities and used his powers to confer on him some paranormal abilities. This enabled Pang to understand and learn very quickly and deeply, which was important for his studies and later work. Beginning in childhood, Dr Pang learnt from traditional qigong and martial arts Masters and rapidly absorbed the essentials of their teachings. For instance, when he learned taiji he 'opened his lower back' in three months, whereas most students took at least eight years to achieve this. He studied under nineteen Masters, some of whom sought him out to pass on their knowledge. Teacher Pang's studies led him into Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), taught by two great Chinese Masters. He was able to use his paranormal abilities to quickly learn and treat using TCM.

In 1979 Pang Ming founded the first qigong organization for the public, the Beijing Qigong Research Society. Dr. Pang started to research the traditional forms of qigong and to make improvements, creating Zhineng Qigong.

In 1973 Dr Pang had begun working alongside a qigong Master, teaching qigong and giving lectures. By the mid 1970s he had come to the conclusion that the medical approach was too limited and that the goal must be not just to heal illness, but to change people so illness did not recur. During the late 1970s he burned the medical books he had written and gave up medicine to research and spread qigong.  By the late 1970s he was one of the best-known TCM doctors in Beijing and was treating senior government officials.

In 1978 he was an important participant in the first session organised by the Ministry of Health to bring together TCM and modern medicine, which had a big influence in the medical field in China. 

In 1980 he brought together an important group of qigong Masters to discuss qigong in China. At this time Dr Pang created a modern qigong, based on Daoist and Buddhist practices and thinking, medical knowledge and modern science, folk qigong and martial arts teachings. In 1980 he created and began to teach He Xiang Zhuang (Flying Crane Form). Then in 1981 he started to teach Xing Shen Zhuang (Body Mind Form) as the second level of practice, with He Xiang Zhuang as the first (later replaced by Peng Qi Guan Ding Fa, Lit Qi Up Pour Qi Down). He named his new qigong style Zhineng Qigong.

He taught throughout northern China, but in a revolutionary new way: he invented the use of the qi field for teaching. Using this, he broke with the traditional way of a Master teaching a few disciples and gave lectures to large numbers of people at a time. Many other teachers copied him at a time when numerous modern qigong styles were developed.

In 1988 Dr Pang set up the Shijiazhuang Zhineng Qigong Centre. As more and more people flooded in, another centre was set up in Qinhuangdao in 1991, followed in 1992 by the Hebei Huaxia Zhineng Qigong Research Department and in 1995 by the huge Hebei Fengrun Huaxia Zhineng Qigong Healing Centre.

During this time Dr Pang established a two-year course to provide a higher level of teacher training. This had profound significance for Zhineng Qigong because its students have since worked all over China and throughout the world. The first two classes ran 1992 to 1994 and 1993 to 1995. With these classes Dr Pang gave a 3 hour lecture most days, which was recorded and used for teacher training in later years. In the early 1990s Teacher Pang published his book on Hunyuan Entirety Theory and he gave many lectures on this subject to the initial two-year classes. He also published another four books for the two-year class, which built a solid theoretical foundation. His earlier lectures had focused on the relationship between body, mind and qi; on how to use the mind for healing, to adjust qi, and so on; on how to be a good person, control one's emotions and so on. The two-year class was taught more fully developed theory at a deeper level. Eight two-year classes were run, ending in 2001.To build connections between Zhineng Qigong and modern scientific knowledge, Dr Pang set up a series of workshops for scientific experts and doctors. Experts in many fields came together, generally for a two-week period with 50 to 100 people. As a result some scientists began to research Zhineng Qigong from a modern scientific perspective.

In the spring of 1996, he started the construction of the Zhineng Qigong City at Beijing, Shunyi. Between 1992 and 1995, he set up the Hebei Hua Xia Zhineng Training Center of Hebei, Qihuangdao. Over the years the Center has treated more than 300,000 patients with 180 different diseases, and achieved an overall effectiveness rate of 95%. The use of qi has also been scientifically proved and documented to be effective in treating patients with various diseases. Research has also shown that the use of qi can improve the yield of various crops in agriculture, as well as improve poultry production with virtually no additional costs. More than 3,000 research papers have been published on this work in China. Between 1996 and 2001, Dr. Pang set up the Hua Xia Zhineng Qigong Training Center, the Healing Center, and Zhineng Qigong City all in one location.

2015 Update: Currently the Hua Xia Zhineng Qigong Center is closed. 75-year old Grandmaster Pang has retired.

Updated On: 25.03.14