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eR UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300410006-4 PAGE: 0002 SOURCE: A. BOOK, "CHINESE XIANG GONG", BEIJING, CHINA, 920600, IN CHINESE; B. BOOK, "THE SON OF BUDDHA ZHANG XIAOPING COMES DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN", BEIJING, CHINA, 920600, IN CHINESE; C. BOOK, "METHODS OF HIGH LEVEL QIGONG DESIGNED TO TEMPER THE MIND AND BODY", BEIJING, CIIINA, 910100, IN CHINESE; D. BOOK, "QIGONG FOR HEALTH", BEIJING, CHINA, 890500, IN CHINESE; E. BOOK, "HIGHER UNDERSTANDING OF QIGONG", BEIJING, CHINA, 920600, IN CHINESE. SUMMARY: THIS REPORT FORWARDS A SUMMARY TRANSLATION OF FIVE CHINESE PUBLICATIONS. THESE BOOKS DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF QIGONG (A METHOD OF BREATHING EXERCISES ALONG WITH MOVEMENTS AND MEDITATION THAT ALLOWS A PERSON TO FOCUS AND DEVELOP HIS/HER MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES). ENCLOSURES. TEXT: THIS REPORT FORWARDS A SUMMARY TRANSLATION OF FIVE CHINESE PUBLICATIONS. THESE BOOKS DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF QIGONG (A METHOD OF BREATHING EXERCISES ALONG WITH MOVEMENTS AND MEDITATION THAT ALLOWS A PERSON TO FOCUS AND DEVELOP HIS/HER MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES). THESE BOOKS DISCUSS THE PURPOSES OF STUDYING QIGONG. 2. “CHINESE XIANG GONG" (ZHONG GUO XIANG GONG) (STC: 0022/ 0948/7449/0501) WRITTEN BY ((GUO)) ZHOULI (STC: 6753/0719/ 4409) AND PUBLISHED BY THE SHANXI (PROVINCE) TRAVEL PRESS. XIANG GONG IS A TYPE OF QIGONG. THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS OF XIANG GONG. THE PURPOSE OF XIANG GONG IS TO PROLONG YOUR LIFE, HEAL YOURSELF AND OTHERS, AND MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH. THE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF XIANG GONG IS THAT IT IS EASY TO LEARN. XIANG GONG IS DESIGNED TO HEAL YOURSELF AND OTHERS FROM A VARIETY OF ILLNESSES. THE BOOK COVERS MOVEMENTS NECESSARY TO BECOME PROFICIENT. THE MASTER ((TIAN)) RUISHENG CLAIMS HE HAS HEALED THE BLIND, DEAF, MUTE, AND LAME. TIAN RUISHENG HEALED A 57 YEAR OLD MAN WHO HAD STOMACH CANCER. FOUR-FIFTHS OF HIS STOMACH HAD BEEN CUT OUT DUE TO SURGERY, BUT THE CANCER CONTINUED TO SPREAD. HE WAS ALSO PLAGUED BY MANY OTHER DISEASES SUCH AS HEART DISEASE AND INFLAMMATION OF THE GALL BLADDER. HE BECAME SO ILL THAT HE WASN'T ABLE TO WALK AND SO HE WAS HOSPITALIZED. IN 1989, TIAN RUISHENG SPENT FIVE DAYS WITH HIM AND HEALED HIM, COMPLETELY. HE WAS RE-EXAMINED AND NO TRACE OF ILLNESS WAS FOUND. 3, ‘THE SON OF BUDDHA ZHANG XIAOPING COMES DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN" (FOU ZI ZHANG XIAO PING CHU SHAN JI) (STC: 0154/1331/1728/1420/16270427/1472/6068) WAS WRITTEN BY ((FENG)) TONGJUN (STG: 7458/0681/6511) AND PUBLISHED BY THE INNER MONGOLIAN PEOPLE'S PRESS. THE MASTER DISCUSSED IN THIS UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300410006-4