Vital Energy (qi, 气) (original) (raw)

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Threading through the entirety of Chinese philosophy, qi is one of the most extensively used and important concepts in Chinese philosophy. As a word, qi appeared very early on and was already seen in the oracle bone scripts and its original meaning denoted the vapours of clouds.

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1. 1. Major et al. (2010: 114–115).
2. 1. Queen and Major (2016: 597).
3. 1. Queen and Major (2016: 514).
4. 1. Kim (2015: 64). Throughout this translation, I have greatly benefitted from Kim’s work on Zhang Zai and often based my own translations on his.
5. 1. 明儒学案, 诸儒学案

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   Yueqing Wang, Qinggang Bao & Guoxing Guan

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Wang, Y., Bao, Q., Guan, G. (2020). Vital Energy (qi, 气). In: History of Chinese Philosophy Through Its Key Terms. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2572-8\_14

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