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Item No: BK07105
Title: Study of Qi
Author: ROCHAT Elisabeth de la Vallee
Publisher: Monkey Press, 1st Edition 2006
Language: English, Paperback, 136pp
ISBN: 1872468284
Book Description
Qi is an expression of the natural order of life. An understanding of qi is central to Chinese philosophy, art, medicine and movement therapies, but we often rely on vague terminology, using the catch-phrase 'energy' to explain what qi is.
A Study of Qi contains detailed descriptions of the various differentiations of qi, but also a wide-ranging philosophical investigation into the origin and development of the concept of qi itself.
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee explores the philosophical texts of the Zuozhuan, Zhuangzi, Huainanzi and Mencius, as well as the medical texts of the Neijing and Nanjing, to provide context and depth to our understanding of this ever-present but elusive activity of life.
The qi always precedes the form. There is no form if there is no qi. Even in the body there is no maintenance or transformation of the form without qi. On the other hand, without a form there can be no expression of qi.
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