Taoist Texts

People tend to believe it, and the establishment brainwashes ppl into believing it, but this does not sound right at all. Unless by countless, the establishment means 'an unknown number if at all'.

Metal Melting Point (oC) (oF) Admiralty Brass 900 - 940 1650 - 1720 Aluminum 660 1220 Aluminum Alloy 463 - 671 865 - 1240 Aluminum Bronze 1027 - 1038 1881 - 1900 https://www.onlinemetals.com/meltpt.cfm

yes, defo it could. But I have not researched this issue in any depth.

yes thats the idea in received DDJ. I am not sure about the Mawangdui versions. Search for "樸" [Condition = Ignore case, Substring] 素 Adj. (2) Simple, unadorned: 樸素 (person) simple, without ostentation of any kind; Words 15. 素朴 [su4pu2], adj., simple, unadorned (also wr. 素樸). 古 Words 15. 古樸 [gu2pu3], adj., (of manners) simple and plain, uncontaminated by modern fads. 朴 119B15 10B.22-2/75 ㄆㄨˊ [pu2] (also ㄆㄛˋ [po4]). [Var. of 樸 10B.81] 樸 139A25 10b.81-2/75 ㄆㄨˊ [pu2]. N. (1) Uncarved wood, symbolic of original nature of man (Taoist). (2) (Bot.) Aphananthe aspera, a plant whose dried leaves are used for polishing metal, woodwork. Adj. Simple, unadorned, honest: 民風淳樸，樸厚 the people are simple and honest, unspoiled; 樸 simple (living, furniture); 撲素 [pu2su4]1↓. 撲 Words 3. 樸質 [pu2zhi2], adj., unadorned, unsophisticated. 4. 樸馬 [pu2ma3], n., (AC) unbroken horse. 5. 樸實 [pu2shi0], adj., simple, direct honest: 樸樸實實(兒) adv., directly, in simple, direct way. 6. 樸學 [pu2xUe2], n., name of scholastic tendency (Manchu Dyn.) devoted to philological research and spurning speculative philosophy. 7. 樸素 [pu2su4]1, adj., (of dress, customs, way of living) simple. 8. 樸樕 [pu2su4]2, n., (AC) brush, underwood. 9. 樸野 [pu2ye3], adj., uncouth.

yes Interesting ,even more so because 朴 just means 'simple'. Translating it as an uncarved wood or whatever is a speculation.

I could not find any wu 屋 in A. As to wò 楃 it occurs 4 times https://ctext.org/pre-qin-and-han/ens?searchu=楃 there. with an unclear meaning, not obviously the same as pu 樸

hehehe, this is a good one, cracks me up every time

This misattribution probably gained currency from https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hans/玄膚論 by a fairly famous neidanist Lu Xixing - FYSK: Daoist Culture Centre - DatabaseAug 28, 2009 - Lu Xixing( Lu Xixing ), who lived in the Ming Dynasty, was from Xinghua, in Yangzhou (in today's Jiangsu province),

negligible

But its only because they do not think happy thoughts

not at all. I do neidan/alchemy, also play some taiji.

I would second this author, also Mantack Chia. https://www.amazon.com/Special-Taoist-Taiji-Stick-Qigong/dp/B0019TPE34

This one is a good question. Because one would think they made up a term to designate a bunch of pre-existing genuine practices, right? Unfortunately not). The hysterical reality is that they also made up a whole plethora of fake crap and called that nei-gong. The term sounds kinda-sorta genuine and the practices also sort of look real. Rather amusingly, they both are a sham.

I donno;). for starters i would recommend take a moment and think about this factoid from the chinese wiki In other words, NeiGong is modern fantasy, hence my question on the end goal of reading: health , spiritual, martial, cultural?

depends on what your goals are. Can you define those?

返樸 is from heshangong DDJ https://ctext.org/pre-qin-and-han/ens?searchu=返朴 and so on, not exactly from DDJ but kind of...the author mixed and matched and paraphrased as he saw fit, and then claimed all of it is from DDJ, happens all the time in the new-age market.

i am saying that whoever equates DT rotation with cooking, well, he undoubtedly knows cooking

It is famous yes. But waist is a codeword for DT rotation.

yes Ah, so young, so young... No, its precisely unlike any other. Any other is not secret. Internal martial arts are secret. Without knowing the secret even a lifelong practice will be just a lifelong delusion.

your best bet would be this and other vids by CXW this is closest anyone who is a real deal comes to explaining DT rotation. But unless someone really knowledgeable explains it to you personally, you would never get it. Not from books, not from vids, not from teachers. The reasons are explained here

Absolutely. His books are garbage.

the article says that all of them are from DDJ

Thanks, was always curious about it. So its not really a breathing?