A Study of Qi in Classical Texts

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UPC:
9781872468280
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
9/28/2006
Author:
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee
Language:
english

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This book is an edited transcript of two seminars given in 2004 in London by Elisabeth Rochat de la Valle. It not only contains detailed descriptions of the various differentiated kinds of qi, but also a wide-ranging philosophical investigation and explanation of the origin and development of the concept of qi itself. It begins by looking at the historical evolution and use of the Chinese character for qi, and goes on to discuss how qi appears in philosophical texts such as the Zuozhuan, Zhuangzi, Mencius and the Huainanzi, and in the medical texts of the Neijing and Nanjing. These give context and depth to our understanding of this ever-present but elusive activity of life. 'The qi is an expression of the natural order of life. The qi always precedes the form. There is no form if there is no qi.' Elisabeth Rochat de la Valle

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