The Old Master Looked on Me and Said: Wisdom Healing Techniques for the Heart, Mind, and Soul

The Old Master Looked on Me and Said is the inspired commentary of martial arts Grandmaster and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Doctor Yuanming Zhang 張元明大宗師 to the ancient Chinese Classic on the Way and Virtue (道德經, Dao De Jing or older Tao Te Ching). Seamlessly blending timeless traditional truths with contemporary wellness practices and wisdom healing techniques, this unique approach provides inspiring insights and practical practices to shift mindsets, foster self-reflection, discovery, and awareness and transform lives. Originally published in China over two decades ago, this seminal work is presented in a bilingual English and Traditional Chinese text for the first time.


Yuanming Zhang is the 17th generation Grandmaster of Mt. Wudang Quanzhen Dragon Gate Lineage’s Fist & Sword, Way of Alchemy and Daoist Medicine and the 31st generation Grandmaster of the Shaolin Temple’s Zen, Martial Arts and Medicine. He is the 150th generation Grandmaster and foremost leader of the Shushan Yellow Emperor’s Concealed Transcendent lineage of ancient Daoist Medicine, Wellness, and Pharmacology and Heart-Mind Cultivation as well as the Imperial Heart Transformation (Xinyi) Feng Shui Method. He is also the founder and lineage master of the five traditions of Zen Practice at the Holy Mount Wanfu in the United States. Now an American citizen who first came to the U.S. i. 1992, he is also Grandmaster of the five sacred Heart-Mind Cultivations techniques of Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, Medical, and Martial Arts culture. Grandmaster Zhang has 40 years of clinical treatment and teaching experience. He is a professor of acupuncture and offers original continuing education unit courses in the United States for the California Acupuncture Board and NCCAOM.

Grandmaster Zhang currently serves as chairman of the Committee on Chinese Cultural Art Exhibition at United Nations Headquarters and is a representative on the U.N. Traditional Culture Association. He also serves as chairman of the Global Chinese Culture Fund and director of the International Institute for the Research of Traditional Culture and Science.

Since 1989, Grandmaster Zhang has published more than 300 books, essays, articles, monographs, and instructional DVDs in the United States on martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine and energy art health preservation, including “Hsin-Yi Five Elements Boxing”, “Hsin-Yi 12 Animals”, “Wudang Qing Cheng Nei Dan Taiji Sword”, “Shaolin Chan-mi Broadsword”, "Illustrated Guide to Xingyi Martial Art", “Taoist Taiji Boxing”, “Primordial Taiji Quan and Way of Alchemy”, "Huang Di Nei Jing Heart-Mind Cultivation Method" and other series. He is author of several books in China, including the Classic on the Celestial Heart and Mind: Imperial Heart-Mind Techniques for Healing the World, Imperial Strategies for Healing the World: Strategies for Enlightened Change, Chinese Corporate Warfare: Executive Notes from Yunmeng, and The Eternal Authenticity of Life have sold over 800,000 copies in China.

The Classic on the Way and Virtue has been translated more than any other text in the world except the Holy Bible. Its 81 chapters and 5,000 Chinese characters contain timeless truths on human potential, identity, and purpose that have edified and enlightened millions of readers for thousands of years. The Old Master Looked on Me and Said contains an all new translation of The Classic on the Way and Virtue by David Boyd, Assistant Professor of Chinese Language & Culture at the United States Air Force Academy.

May all who come across this text apply the tools and insights within to find the inner peace and personal power to become the best versions of themselves.

To learn more about Grandmaster Zhang, to study with him, or to receive TCM medical treatments from him, please visit his website at: www.qigongmaster.com