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@DynamicEquilibrium could you please answer the question from your heart in one line.

Classical Chinese was polysemic. The translator can chose which meaning to use, in order to create coherent and meaningful English . 名 (ming2) had various meanings at the time, including ‘morals’. In this context imo it means ‘morals’.

常 was a synonym of 恆 , it had the same meanings. The meanings of 恆 (heng2) had a temporal nature e.g. ordinarily; usually; what’s usually practiced.

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The characters that were translated to ‘walking in a circle’ were 走 转 中 以 空 入 定 (zǒu zhuǎn zhōng yǐ kōng rùdìng) walk | wander about | suitable for | in order to | empty | enter | meditation I.e. a [skilled] meditator need not sit to meditate; it can be throughout the day whilst walking about, going about your daily business.

That’s exactly what imo happened with Bagua Circle Walking.

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The character in the MWD is 恆 (heng2). 常 (chang2) was a later substitution (due to the taboo on the use of emperor’s names).

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Interesting

不 (bu4) not. The DDJ uses 不 for merely ‘not’. 非 (fei2) gainsay; run counter to.

The DDJ did not have any punctuation. Inserting a comma and a full stop is misleading.

My body does the breathing, I stay out of it; my natural breathing is abdominal.

This thread is not in your PPD but in ‘Daoist Discussion’’. Does that mean you are inviting comments? And if so, may those comments be of a highly critical nature?

Interesting, I’d like to hear your further thoughts on this please.

Righto, got it now.

I don’t understand this sort of stuff and have no interest in it. I better edit the respect out of my previous post.

No. I had no idea.

I do not trol. Never ever.

This quote is from DDJ ch. 77 . Imo ch. 77 was not part of the DDJ but later inserted as a commentary. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/56137-ddj-ch-70-81-a-later-addition/?do=findComment&comment=1039255

I am not a troll. I genuinely think CD has taken his system to the pinnacle. Kudos to him. I respect him for that, although there is almost no overlap in opinions. And it is my experience, as an RC mystic, that at the pinnacle one is without human company.

I second that.

‘names’ is a mistranslation. 正名 (zheng4 ming2) rectification of morals (名 had various meanings at the time, including ‘morals’)

When one gets to an advanced level, it gets lonely at the top.