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‖ qi|tʃi|
Also ch‘i, Qi, etc.
[Chin. qì air, breath.]
The physical life-force postulated by certain Chinese philosophers; the material principle.
1850Chinese Repository XIX. 370 The following short expression of the doctrine of the Yih King is that in which probably all the literati would agree. It is from the 49th section of Chú-fútsz's entire works. ‘All things..come only from the Great Extreme (t‘ái kíh). The Great Extreme is the primordial substance (k‘í) which, moving along, divided and made two k‘í; that which in itself has motion is the Yang, and that which had rest,..is the Yin.’ 1917S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 436/2 The nature of man consists of this Li, or the Ethical Principle... In its essence it is absolutely pure and good, but seeing that it is inseparable from the material element Ch‘i..it is from Man's birth to a greater or less extent impeded and tainted. 1958W. Willetts Chinese Art II. vii. 586 Corresponding to this formal cause of each existence was its material cause, ch‘i. 1964K. K. S. Ch'en Buddhism in China xiv. 395 Chang Tsai (1020–1077) put forward a metaphysical system based on the theory that ch'i, ether or matter, existed at the beginning of the world. He held that ch'i consolidated itself into things at the beginning, and that things dissolved into ch'i in the end. 1971F. Mann Acupuncture vi. 57 To the ancients the cornerstone of the theory of acupuncture, the concept whereby they explained its effects and action, was Qi, the energy of life. 1972Which? Feb. 49/2 The energy of life (called Ch'i) flows along various ‘meridians’ in the body, and acupuncturists believe that if needles are inserted at..points along these meridians..the flow of energy in the body can be corrected. 1973Lancet 14 July 58/1 They are not connected to internal organs, and Qi or anything else cannot flow along them. 1978Nature 26 Oct 697/1 Arguably the most original Letter so far is a report of some experimental results on the physical basis of the traditional yunqi therapy—the curing of disorders through the passing of qi (pneuma) from doctor to patient without bodily contact. |