tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58948219726177921622024-02-08T12:27:18.187-08:00life energyabukhuzaifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586800446149954284noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894821972617792162.post-51611130032819463472009-05-08T12:03:00.000-07:002009-05-08T12:03:00.230-07:00Qi<p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">In traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_culture" title="Chinese culture" class="mw-redirect">Chinese culture</a>, <i>qi</i> (<span lang="zh-hant" lang="zh-hant"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B0%A3" class="extiw" title="wikt:氣">氣</a></span> / <span lang="zh-hans" lang="zh-hans"><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B0%94" class="extiw" title="wikt:气">气</a></span>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a> <i>qì</i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade-Giles" title="Wade-Giles">Wade-Giles</a> <i>ch'i4</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a> <i>hei</i>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a> <i>gi</i>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> <i>ki</i>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a> <i>khí</i>; pronounced <span title="Pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA" title="Wikipedia:IPA">[tɕʰi˥˩]</a></span> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Mandarin" title="Standard Mandarin">Standard Mandarin</a>) is an active principle forming part of any living thing.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">It is frequently translated as "energy flow," and is often compared to Western notions of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energeia" title="Energeia">energeia</a></i> or <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lan_vital" title="Élan vital">élan vital</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism" title="Vitalism">vitalism</a>) as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yogic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">notion</a> of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prana" title="Prana">prana</a></i>. The literal translation is "air," "breath," or "gas" (compare the original meaning of Latin <i><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spiritus" class="extiw" title="wikt:spiritus">spiritus</a></i> "breathing"; or the Common Greek πνεῦμα, meaning "air," "breath," or "spirit"; and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> term <i>prana</i>, "breath" ).</p>abukhuzaifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09586800446149954284noreply@blogger.com0