Chinese healing exercises; the tradition of Daoyin.9780824832698 Chinese healing exercises; the tradition of Daoyin. Kohn, Livia. U. of Hawai'i Pr. 2008 268 pages $25.00 Paperback RA781 Kohn (emerita e·mer·i·ta adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement. Used of a woman: a professor emerita. n. pl. , religion and East Asian studies East Asian Studies is a distinct multidisciplinary field of scholarly enquiry and education that promotes a broad humanistic understanding of East Asia past and present. East Asian Studies is located within the broader field of Area studies and is also interdisciplinary in , Boston U.) has written an impressively thorough account of traditional Chinese medical exercises, called Daoyin, their origins in the Han dynasty Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) Second great Chinese imperial dynasty. In contrast to the preceding Qin dynasty, the Han was a period of cultural flowering. One of the greatest of the early histories, the Shiji by Sima Qian, was composed, and the fu, a poetic form that , and continuing practice today in both China and the West. The use of the exercises, their application to specific organs and conditions, their chief practitioners, the historical texts recording the exercises, and the present-day equivalent practices are described in detail, chronologically. Kohn incorporates her own familiarity with qigong Qigong Definition Qigong (pronounced "chee-gung," also spelled chi kung) is translated from the Chinese to mean "energy cultivation" or "working with the life energy. and Iyengar yoga, among other practices, to situate sit·u·ate tr.v. sit·u·at·ed, sit·u·at·ing, sit·u·ates 1. To place in a certain spot or position; locate. 2. To place under particular circumstances or in a given condition. adj. the Daoyin within current and related practices and to highlight their applications. The volume will be of interest to the general reader as well as specialists in Chinese history, religion, and medicine. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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