The triple burner: “a name but no form”
The triple burner (san jiao) in the Nanjing, Lingshu and Suwen, the long debate over its form, its link to the sound xi, and why it is not the dantians.
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The three dantians: what the classical texts say
Where the upper, middle and lower dantian lie in the Baopuzi, the Yellow Court and other classics, how they differ, and why they are not the triple burner.
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What is Qigong? An introduction
What qigong means: the modern word 气功, its roots in daoyin, the 1950s clinics, the qigong boom, China’s Health Qigong forms, and where Liu Zi Jue fits.
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Breath in the classics: tuna, fuqi, lianqi and embryonic breathing
What tuna, xingqi, fuqi, lianqi and embryonic breathing mean in the Chinese classics, and where Liu Zi Jue’s “one way in, six ways out” fits.
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Daoyin: from the Mawangdui chart to modern Qigong
Daoyin, “guiding and pulling”: the Zhuangzi passage, the Mawangdui chart, the Zhangjiashan Yinshu, later manuals, and how it led to modern qigong.
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What is neigong? An introduction
What neigong means: the word 内功, its roots in daoyin and breath practice, martial “internal” arts, Daoist inner alchemy, and how it relates to qigong.
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Qigong and tai chi: what systematic reviews say
What systematic reviews say about qigong and tai chi: falls, blood pressure, COPD and Liu Zi Jue, the quality problems, and what is and isn’t supported.
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Vowels and formants: the acoustics of the six sounds
How your mouth shapes sound: the source-filter model, formants F1 and F2, and what the Six Healing Sounds are acoustically, from hiss to vowel.
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Liu Zi Jue: where the Six Healing Sounds come from
Where do the Six Healing Sounds come from? The earliest text, its uncertain date, changing organ pairings and the 2003 standard form of Liu Zi Jue.
