This research studies the gradational change of bodily perception among Daoist qigong practitioner. It first identifies a nonconstructionist body in the changing bodily perception. Second, the research shows the gradational change affects a practitioner’s social standing in the order of a qigong group. Third, it examines the Chinese concept of person in terms of the gradational structure. Fourth, it shows how the Chinese civilization employs the gradational structure in the arrangement of strangers.
