ChiDragon

It is obvious there were mistakes made by the author using phonetics. The correction has been made in the parentheses. 勿（物）have the same sound as "Wu" 又（有）have the same sound as "You" 亡 does not have the same sound as "Wu". It was a big mistake.

Chapter 1 The introduction of Tao 1. 道可道，非常道。 2. 名可名，非常名。 3. 無，名天地之始。 4. 有，名萬物之母。 5. 故常無，欲以觀其妙。 6. 常有，欲以觀其徼。 7. 此兩者同出而異名， 8. 同謂之玄。玄之又玄， 9. 眾妙之門。 Revised as of 2-27-12 / 9-28-23 1. Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. 2. A name that can be named is not an eternal name. 3. Invisible, was a name given to Tao at the origin of sky and earth. 4. Visible, was a name given to Tao as the mother of all things. 5. Hence, when Tao is always invisible, one would grok its quale. 6. When Tao is always visible, one would observe its boundary. 7. These two come from one origin but differ in name, 8. Both are regarded as unfathomable, the most occult and profound; 9. The gate of all subtleties.

在这里，'有'是道，'無'也是道。 Over here, 'You' is Tao and 'Wu' is also Tao. 無形無象，無色無聲..... no form no image, no color and no sound 跟著以後的 "無" 是形容道，但在這里不能說 "無" 是道。 The following "Wu" is the description of Tao, however, we cannot say that "Wu" is Tao here.

Where? 你是不是要我海底撈針？ Are you asking me to find a needle in a hay stack?

@DynamicEquilibrium Line 7 此兩者是指兩名無和有,而不是指"無名"或"有名" Line 7 was referring to two names 'Wu' and 'you'. However, it was not referring to "has no name" or "has a name"

古文 is referred to the ancient characters used in oracle. One character may represent one idea. 文言文 is really classic. It uses a simple phrase to represent a complex idea. It is very difficult to interpret its actual meaning and easily to be misunderstood by the reader. 普通话 is a common language using in China. The terms they use are very simple that is easy for the common people to understand. Where Mandarin is used in Taiwan by more educated people. It is mixed with classical idioms in the speech. Some common people may not be understood.

The contextual meaning of Wu was defined under a set of condition by Laotze in Chapter 1. However, Tao may be called Wu, but in other texts Wu is not Tao.

The Tao effect is Wu Wei.

Who said Tao doesn't act? Chapter 51 The Divine Virtue of Wu Wei 1. Tao engenders it, 2. Te rears it. 3. Matter forms it, 4. Environment grows it. 5. Hence, all things respect Tao and honor Te. 6. The dignity of Tao, 7. The value of Te. 8. They do not interfere but let them be natural. 9. Therefore, 10. Tao engenders it, 11. Te rears it. 12. Grow it and nourish it, 13. Let it grow to maturity, 14. To foster it and protect it. 15. Engenders it but not possess it. 16. For it but not restraining it, 17. Raise it but not controlling it, 18. It was called divine virtue.

That someone is an idiot.

I have been hearing that lot of newcomers that they have practicing or practiced Neidan. It just dawned on me with curiosity. How people do their practice or what they think that is? I would to hear their comments before I introduce the original Taoist method of Neidan. I mean in the Chinese version with the help of AI. I have been using Gemini AI which gives me a very good explanation in the Chinese language. However, one may tell it in any way just for the purpose of comparison only. Thanks!

https://baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=294b5d3c8dca442ad5c9cdb5

Try this anyway to see is your chest pain goes away. Place your middle finger on your belly button and press on it for few minutes. At least, you should feel some sensation. Good luck.

Thank you for your response! May I clarify some hidden issues here. The martial artist do not used modern biological language is because they are lack of knowledge how the human body works biologically. There is no need for proofs, the modern explanation are self explanatory. It is a matter of comprehension and correlate the microscopic view with the macroscopic view. The relationship are very clear if there was no misunderstanding or one's thinking only swing to one side. Besides, what proof does the ancient text have to make it so believable. Isn't that the modern science theories are more reliable?

Never mind. You had left some phrases out.

他们甚至称你为白痴，并说你的信息完全是一团糟。 只是一匹穿着外套的马 Your translation is not as close as mine!

我给他们看你的帖子，甚至他们说你是个傻瓜，你的帖子都搞砸了。 只不过是一匹穿着外套的马-这是一种奇怪的侮辱！ Now I understand the Russian terms.

What is that?

So you are saying that I'm not a chi-maniac yet. Oxygen is the postnatal chi that substain the prenatal chi inside your body.

Ofc Chi is not oxygen., but oxygen is a form of Chi. We have all kinds of chi in the air(空气）. Air is 气, chi. Oxygen is 氧气 in space, 空气!

I don't know what you meant by that. Oxygen can just run into your nose!

IMHO Ginna is good to be applied on an unskilled fighter.

First of all, we must understand the diagram of heel and umbilical breathing, 踵蒂吸呼圖. It show two paths of Chi flow. The front path is 通蒂(umbilical passage ) and the back is 通踵(heel passage). Neidan is the emphasis on breathing. Without breathing, nothing works in Neidan. Breathing is analogous to fire in (外丹)Weidan 踵蒂吸呼 is heel and umbilical breathing. It was assumed that the breath(气) is flowing through the two virtual passages during Neidan meditation. Sometimes, we can't rely on Google translation too much. The proper Taoist term for the method of Neidan is 內丹術. Neidan(內丹) by itself is internal(內) pill(丹); AKA elixir, golden pill; golden elixir; Xin Dan(仙丹) AKA Immortal pill. The names are the same pertaining to the method of Neidan. The breathing to the heels or to the "bubbling spring" in Tai Chi, but not heel-to-toe breathing in Neidan. I wouldn't pay too much attention to those term. They are just some made up names to please the English speaker.

I wouldn't do that if I were you. You will die sooner than you think if follow the above procedure. The brain use 20% of the total oxygen in the body. If the brain is in the hypoxia condition for more than 6 minutes, then it will be brain dead. Please learn some simple scientific facts about breathing. https://biologyinsights.com/why-do-we-breathe-a-biological-explanation/#google_vignette

This is not true, it means they did not use the lungs in its full capacity. The Taoist found a breathing method to use the lungs more efficient to its full capacity. The breathing method is called 吐納(Tu Na). I don't know have you ever heard of. Nowadays, it is called 氣功(Qigong).