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I respect your wide knowledge on the subject. I will leave it at this.

Each to his own. I prefer to go with the info provided by Sinologist paleographers.

推拿 (tui2 na3) Tui Na , Chinese medical massage [not to be confused with 吐纳 (tu3 na4) qigong breathing] Idk. I will just translate 氣 (qi4) as ‘qi’ , then everyone can make up their own minds. I think qi is one’s sexuality, healthy sexuality balances yin and yang (dare I say it ) energies.

Could you please give the title and author of the book?

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The idea of an East-West dichotomy imo is a leftover from colonialism (differentiate to feel superior). The more I learn to read Chinese, the more I see there is no difference at all at the core.

Why not ask so yourself?

Hi and welcome. Posting can make one realise one is a fool oneself, and that’s where learning starts.

Possibly it"s being confused with the Christian concept that living requires a soul to animate the material body.

You’re the only Chinese speaking person active on the forum, as such you are our biggest treasure. This forum has a history of banning Chinese speakers (e.g. Awaken). I think some don’t like to hear anything that interferes with their cosy Westernised interpretation of Chinese culture. I think some slavishly belief what their Chinese teacher says, merely because he is Chinese; hearing another Chinese person have different views, that’s too challenging.

Indeed. And as long as the ego has not been cleared, one cannot know about the Spirit Self.

@ChiDragon no need to.

I am only a ‘quarter Taoist’.

Life is simple, it’s just not easy.

all systems come down to that, integrating 性 sexuality & 命 morality