Hombres De Paco 32 Episode

Notions of Qi (second part)

As we saw in the first part of this article, it seems that the notion of breath or Energy (Qi) is particularly linked to Taoist alchemy. This is reflected even in his graphic expression: The oldest character evoking the breath being that found in the Western Zhou (11th century BC - 256 BC) and represents the element air above item fire - Fragments of the Zhou civilization and its shamanic rituals have persisted through Taoism - draws on Taoist Alchemy therefore directly rooted in the culture of ancient Chinese Zhou.

Listings on shell Turtle, the origin of Chinese characters

Later in history, there a variant of this character evoking the same idea. From the Song, it was used to designate the "Pre-Heaven Qi" (or "prenatal qi" / xiantianqi) versus "post-heaven Qi (Qi postnatal / houtianqi). The first character represents the air or the inspiration and fire ( 炁) , the second represents the air, or steam, and the seed or germ evidenced by a grain of rice ( 气) .

In his book " yiliao Tiyu huibian, Hunyuan Jianshen fa" (Reports of medical texts and sporting method of strengthening body of primordial chaos), the Master Wang Yufang explains:

"Some people say that the Qi of Qigong is, in fact, the air we breathe (NDT: nowadays, the character Qi means the air because in its simplified form the grain rice in the air element is gone ...) this is, therefore, nothing but air. Of course, it is not so.

In ancient writings that contain the word Qi, which we are speaking in qigong, the spelling is 炁. So it's not air ( 气). "

In that same book, Ms. Wang Yufang said the following:

"The work is zhanzhuanggong yangsheng of Yiquan (maintenance of the vital principle) contained in xingyiquan. Yiquan is a form of qigong. Work postures for the maintenance of the vital principle is a syncretism of the martial art and the work of qi, it comes from the culture our ancestors back more than a thousand years ...

... The knowledge we have today on the uses and customs of their ancestors are low because few people are able to understand the meaning of the writings they have left us. "

If one wishes to better understand this millennium, we can turn to Taoism and its conception of human beings:

In Taoist man is between the two opposite and complementary entities that are the sky and the ground. The sky is yang, hot, it represents the creative spiritual force and corresponds to the element fire. The soil is yin, cold, it represents the potential physical and material and corresponds to the element water. The man is constantly "torn" between these two components of his nature. Taoist Alchemy therefore proposes, in some ways, a method to achieve harmony among human beings.

By "putting the fire under water" (taking control of the body with the mind) can get to "dampen the fire control its excesses "while" gently warming the water "to boil. In" carrying water to the boil, "it happens" something ", this process is comparable to transform it into steam, Qi ( 气).

The tripod cauldron, symbol of the alchemical operation, between sky and ground

Qi is, "what is born when you put the fire under water" (we find the spelling used by the Zhou: the fire under the steam!)

In this process, breathing plays an important role and that's probably why the second oldest spelling which was used to designate the Qi is under fire breathing ( 炁).

Xiangzhai Master Wang said: "When we practice properly zhanzhuang, we no longer find syndrome fire ."

The term "heat syndrome" (huohou / 火候) designating in Taoism, the expression of the nature of mind and its characteristics: difficult to control, very talkative and impalpable, it can still ignite if we do not control a little bit. Deletion syndromes fire meaning "mind control", which is used to generate this "something" that is the Qi ...