About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Chinese Roman Catholic bishops, Chinese bishops, Hong Kong religious leaders, Li Hongzhi, Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, Luan Da, Zhang Hongbao, John of Montecorvino, Brother Yun, John Tong Hon, Henri Pinault, Dongchu, Wang Ming-Dao, K. H. Ting, Zhang Tianran, Savio Hon Tai-Fai, John Wu, Wang Hao-te, Xi Shengmo, Han Dingxiang, Gong Shengliang, Samuel Lamb, Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan, C. S. Song, Y. T. Wu, Augustine Hu Daguo, Joseph Li Shan, Lu Zhongyi, Allen Yuan, Sun Suzhen, Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse, Joseph Ma Yinglin, T. C. Chao, James Lin Xili, Tai Kwok Yuen, Wu Leichuan, Peter Chen Bolu, Domingos Lam, Chen Xilu, Luo Wenzao, Peter Lei, Zhang Bairen, Wei Changhui, Feng Yunshan, Jose Lai, Julius Jia Zhiguo, Joseph Meng Ziwen, Yang Fuqing, Joseph Liu Xinhong, Zhan Silu, Raymond Wang Chong Lin, Leon Yao Liang, Ji Zhiwen, Xiao Chaogui, Matthew Luo Duxi, Anthony Liu Bainian, Bernardine Dong Guangqing, Andrew Hao Jinli, Paul Jiang Taoran. Excerpt: Li Hongzhi (Chinese: pinyin: Lǐ Hongzhi; born 13 May 1951 or 7 July 1952) is the founder and spiritual master of Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa), a "system of mind-body cultivation" in the qigong tradition. Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong on 13 May 1992 in Changchun, and subsequently gave lectures and taught Falun Gong exercises across China. The movement gained significant popularity in the 1990s, but was suppressed by the Chinese government in 1999. Accounts of Li's early life differ between detractors and supporters. Official Chinese sources and Li's former colleagues say that Li was an ordinary army grain clerk and trumpet player, while the Falun Gong text Zhuan Falun says that Li was trained by a Buddhist and Taoist masters from childhood and possessed extraordinary powers. Falun Gong's teachings are compiled from Li's lectures, and Li holds definitional power in that belief...
