This page is dedicated to some key primary sources related to Chinese therapeutic exercises known as daoyin 導引 (lit. guiding and pulling) from the Warring States (475–221 BCE) to the modern period
Warring States (475–221 BCE)
Xingqi yüming 行氣玉銘 (Jade Inscription of Qi Movement)
Zhuangzi: Dazongshi 莊子·大宗師 (Zhuangzi: The Great and Most Honoured Master)
Zhuangzi: Keyi 莊子·刻意 (Zhuangzi: Ingrained Ideas)
Xunzi: Xiushen 荀子·修身 (Xunzi: Self-Cultivation)
Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE)
Lűshi chunqiu 呂氏春秋 (Master Lü’s Spring and Autumn Annals)
Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE–25 CE)
Daoyin tu 導引圖 (Chart of Guiding and Pulling)
Quegu shiqi 卻榖食氣 (Eliminating Grain and Eating Qi)
Yinshu 引書 (The Book of Pulling)
Liexian zhuan 列仙傳 (Arrayed Traditions of Transcendents)
Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE)
Hanshu: Liuhou shijia 漢書·留侯世家 (Book of Han: The Lineage Descending from the Marquis of Liu)
Hanshu: Wang Bao zhuan 漢書·王褒傳 (Book of Han: Biography of Wang Bao)
Lunheng 論衡 (Discussive Weighing)
Jingui yaoyue 金匱要略 (Essentials of the Golden Casket)
Wei-Jin Period (220–420 CE）
Biandao lun 辯道論 (Disputations on the Dao)
Baopuzi: Xialan 抱樸子·遐覽 (Master Embracing Simplicity: Broad Overview)
Baopuzi: Zhili 抱樸子·至理 (Master Embracing Simplicity: The Ultimate Order)
Shenxian zhuan: Pengzu 神仙傳·彭祖 (Biographies of Transcendents: Pengzu
Taiqing daolin shesheng lun 太清道林攝生論 (Discussion of Conserving Health According to Daolin) DZ 142
Northern and Southern Dynasties (420–589 CE)
Pengzu shesheng yangxing lun 彭祖攝生養性論 (Pengzu on Preserving Life and Nourishing Inner Nature) DZ 840
Wushang miyao 無上祕要 (Secret Essentials Beyond Compare) DZ 1138
Sui Dynasty (581–618 CE)
Zhubing yuanhou lun 諸病源候論 (Treatise on the Origins and Symptoms of Medical Disorders)
Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE)
Beiji qianjin yaofang 備急千金要方 (Essential Formulas for Urgent Needs Worth a Thousand in Gold)
Sheyang zhenzhong fang 攝養枕中方（Pillow Book of Methods for Preserving and Nourishing Life）
Waitai miyao 外臺秘要 (Secret Essentials of the Outer Terrace)
Shesheng zuanlu 攝生纂錄 (Collection of Texts for Conserving Health) DZ 578
Zhongshan yugui fuqi jing 中山玉櫃服氣經 (Mount Zhong’s Jade Casket Classic on Absorbing Qi)
Fuqi jingyi lun 服氣精義論 (Essay on the Essential Meaning of the Ingestion of Breath)
Zhonglu chuandao ji 鍾呂傳道集 (The Anthology of Zhong and Lu’s Teachings of the Dao)
Five Dynasties (907–979 CE)
Zhenqi huanyuan ming 真氣還元銘 (Inscription of the True Qi Returning to the Origin) DZ 0264
Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127 CE)
Chongwen zongmu 崇文總目 (General catalogue of the Academy for the Veneration of Literature) DZ 0264
Southern Song Dynasties (1127–1279)
Daoshu: juan san 道樞 ·卷三 (Daoist Pivot: Juan Three)
Daoshu: juan liu 道樞 ·卷六 (Daoist Pivot: Juan Six)
Lushi: qianji 路史·前記 (Grand History: Prologue)
Yijian zhi 夷堅志 (The Record of the Listener)
Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368 CE)
Shezu daquan 氏族大全 (The Complete Collection of Clan Names)
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 CE)
Puji fang 普濟方 (Prescriptions for Universal Relief)
Xiuling yaozhi: shiliu duanjin 修齡要旨 (Essential Purport of the Cultivation of Longevity)
Shesheng yaoyi 攝生要義 (Essentials of Health Preservation)
Baopuzi biezhi 抱樸子·別旨 (The Master Who Embraces Simplicity : Separate Instructions)
Cunsheng baqian 遵生八牋 (The Eight Treatises on Following the Principles of Life)
Pianzhi 駢志 (Extraneous Records)
Yangsheng fuyu 養生膚語 (Introduction to Nourishing Life)
Yangsheng daoyin miji 養生導引秘籍 (Secret Guide to Therapeutic Exercises and Nourishing Life)
Sancai tuhui 三才圖會 (Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms)
Gujin yitong daquan 古今醫統大全 (Great Compendium of Medical Tradition, Past and Present)
Baosheng miyao 保生祕要 (Essential Secrets for Conserving Life)
Baosheng xinjian 保生心鑑 (Heart Mirror for Preserving Life)
Weisheng zhenjue 衛生真訣 (True Verses for Guarding Life)
Wanshou xianshu 萬壽仙書 (The Transcendants’ Book on Longevity)
Chifeng sui 赤鳳髓 (Marrow of the Crimson Phoenix)
Yimen guangdu 夷門廣牘 (Extensive Records from the School of [Chen Xi]yi)
Xingming guizhi 性命圭旨·亨集 (Principles of the Balanced Cultivation of Innate Disposition and Potential)
Fushou danshu 福壽丹書 (Cinnabar Book for Fortune and Longevity)
Sanzhang zhenquan 三藏真詮 (Truthful Explanation of the Three Canons)
Qing Dynasty (1644–1911 CE)
Sibianlu jiyao 思辨錄輯要 (Edited Essentials of the Record of Intellectual Inquiry)
Shourenjing daoyinjue 壽人經導引訣 (The Daoyin Instruction from the Classic of Longevity)
Shoushi chuanzhen 壽世傳真·修養宜行外功第一(True Transmission of Longevity: Chapter One – Cultivation Emphasising External Practices)
Leyutang yulu 樂育堂語錄 (The Written Records of Lectures in the Hall of Blissful Learning)
Neigong tushuo 內功圖說 (An Illustrated Treatise on Inner Practice)
Weisheng yaoshu 衛生要術 (Essential Techniques for Guarding Life)
Zengyan yijin xisui neigong tushuo 增演易筋洗髓內功圖說 (An Expanded and Illustrated Treatise on Tendon Changing Classic and Marrow Washing Classic)
Minguo (1912–1949)
Wuda jiankang xiulian fa 五大健康修煉法·易筋洗髓·長筋術 (Five Great Health Cultivation Methods: on Tendon Changing Classic and Marrow Washing Classic, and Long Tendon Techniques)
Taiji danjing: shisanshi xinggong xinjie 太極丹經·十三勢行功心解 (The Elixir Scripture of Supreme Ultimate: Explanation of the Thirteen Postures in Practice
Du Hongtaiyan xiansheng Wuda jiankang xiulian fa 讀洪太庵先生“五大健康修煉法” (Reading Mr. Hong Taian’s ‘Five Great Health Cultivation Methods’)