About the author

Long Zhuan is an author about whom public information is currently limited. Two works are known under this name, both in the health and medicine category. The representative works are Five Animal Frolics (Wu Qin Xi) and Health-Preserving Exercises: Mawangdui Daoyin Portable Cards, both centered on traditional Chinese health-preserving exercises. The Five Animal Frolics is a daoyin practice said to imitate the movements of the tiger, deer, bear, monkey, and bird, while the Mawangdui daoyin exercises derive from the daoyin diagram unearthed from the Mawangdui Han tomb; both are classic subjects in Chinese medicine health preservation and self-conditioning. Long Zhuan's writing clearly focuses on introducing and practically disseminating these exercises, and the "portable card" format suggests an emphasis on easy reference and daily practice. Because public information is limited, the author's nationality, dates, education, and positions cannot be confirmed, and readers can only infer the author's professional direction from the subject matter of these works.

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Publishers

China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine