Jiu Yin Zhen Jing

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Compilation History

Jiu Yin Zhen Jing was compiled by Huang Shang, a high-ranking official that served Emperor HuiZong of Song Dynasty. The emperor ordered Huang Shang, a gifted scholar, to compile a book (consisted of 5481 chapters all together) from numerous loose scrolls and ancient scriptures pertaining to psychic powers, healing techniques, martial art classics and Taoism philosophy. The collection was called Taoist Canon of Everlasting Life (Wan Shou Dao Zhang). This compendium became the first volume of Jiu Yin Zhen Jing. He re-read each of the volume many times to make sure his was error-free. However, by reading and compiling the countless numbers of manuals for several years, Huang Shang unknowingly enriched himself with Taoist doctrines, principles of internal energy (qi) and external energy (wai) culvitation, both of which, combined with his impressive intelligence, transformed him into a supremely powerful martial artist.

Thereafter, the Song emperor who only believed in Taoism issued an imperial decree assigning Huang Shang to lead an army to eradicate the Ming Cult, a sect originating in Persia who were conducting anti-government activities. The followers of the Ming Cult did not abide by Taoist doctrines; did not worship ancestor's spirit; did not worship Buddha; and did not eat meat nor drink wine. The Song army proved unable to take the fortress, but Huang Shang fought the Ming Cult's most powerful fighters one-on-one and managed to defeat and kill nearly all of them until exhaustion finally forced him to retreat.

The Ming Cult, seeking revenge, sent their most powerful surviving martial artists to murder Huang Shang's family. An enraged Huang Shang vowed to eradicate the Ming Cult. For the next 40 years, Huang Shang dedicated himself to finding methods capable of neutralizing all of the Ming Cult's techniques. Additionally, because many of the Ming Cult members were affiliated with other martial art schools, Huang Shang had to develop techniques capable of neutralizing the techniques of those traditional schools as well.

Finally, Huang Shang succeeded in accomplishing this monumental task. Unfortunately, during the intervening years, his enemies had all died of other causes. Confronted with this reality, all Huang Shang could do was make a second compilation based on his 40 years of study; this became the second volume of Jiu Yin Zhen Jing.