ChiDragon

精武艺 Jing Wu Yi Master the martial skill to its perfection. 重武德 Zhong Wu De Pay close attention to the virtue of martial arts. 濤武魂 Tao2 Wu Yun Carry on with the big waves of the martial spirit. Notes: 1. As a skillful martial artist, it was recommended not to practice more than one or two of the martial arts in order to be perfect in a particular skill. 2. The virtue of martial arts: a. Practice the martial arts for good health but not for one's own glory. b. Master the martial skill to its perfection. c. To help the weak in need. d. Do not engage to provoke any unwanted challenges. e. Do not use the skills to hurt anyone if possible.

Hopefully, I get to know the whole you.......

rene.... Are you the same rene that I knew...???

I just knew it by heart. I think 司馬遷(Si Ma Qian) recorded as such.

dawei... hmmmmmmmm...... That was a little too mythical for me.

Okay! I think we got all the modernization stuff out of the way. The Chinese numbering system uses the base of ten. It seems to me they did not have a way to express fractions. They tend to round off the numbers and ignored the fraction. e.g. The Tao Te Ching was found written more the five thousand character, 5000 to 5600. Perhaps, in the history recording, the Tao Te Ching was claimed as "五千言", the five thousand character document. In fact, we knew that the Tao Te Ching was not exactly five thousand characters. For a scholastice discussion sake, let's not let anything out. From my source, "three out of ten" was meant to be 1/3 and rounded off the rest by cultural tradition. It was customary that the Chinese always use approximation when speaking about quantitative numbers. Unfortunately, it was not as precise as the westerners going to the exact number.

Perhaps it was very attractive and most desirable for young men and urge them to rush into without question. The subject is really irresistible to turn away. Indeed, that will make the book a best seller. Don't you think...??? The urge of sexual desire was the greatest weakness which made our young men most vulnerable to lure into the practice without hesitation and reconsideration. PS... You are right on. No apology needed.

3 will die of natural causes. 3 will die of illnesses. 3 will die of extravagant lifestyle. 1 was unknown because LaoTze didn't say but left room for discovery. Yes! Indeed, all ten accounted for.

All One Symphony, The birds, crickets and the winds, The sounds of Nature,

My source tells me that the origin of Zen was from India but the Chinese's definition of Zen was a little different from the Hindu. Zen was practiced by high Buddha priests in China tend to attain higher wisdom to reach enlightenment by deep meditation or Zazen.

Yes, but this is still not the place to encourage everyone to go into the practice. Perhaps, it does more harm then good.

To my best understanding, it seems to me that Mahberry has the best explanation of the common metaphor.

I believe that you are talking about, Han Fei's(韓非子) interpretation. Yes, most people followed his interpretation. My source had been invalidated his interpretation. You may go to page 258 on the site below for this. (韓非子) Han Fei's interpretation PS... You seem to have a good source of references. May I know what are they and where did you get them from....???

That was exactly where I was aiming at. Besides, this is not something good to go after or to be practiced. Perhaps, only one out of a million might be successful. It was not healthy even just to think about it. My advice here to all the healthy young men was to stay away from this practice because you are "playing with fire to invoke the devil".

3 out of 10 is 3/10 = 30% 1 out of 3 is 1/3 = 33.33333%

EXACTLY....走火入魔...

Wake up! time to go. Again, the dream is over, Come! Reality.

With eyes wide open, Only see you want to see. Better with eyes closed.

1. If one does it too often, like three to five times a day. 2. The symptoms are showing fatigue, breathing problem, lack of concentration, loss of memory, pain on the left side of the abdomen, loss of all interests with no egos, loss of self esteem and hallucinating.

Do Tai Ji is the most natural way to improve tendon strength. It's the best not to depend on any supplements, medicines or drugs.

Clarification: I had translated the following lines incorrectly in another thread. 5. 德善。 Correct: 5. I've gained kindness. Incorrect: 5. It's the virtue of kindness. If the characters 德善 had been reversed such as 善德, then I would have been correct. 8. 德信。 Correct: 8. I've gained trust. Incorrect: 8. It's the virtue of trust. If the characters 德信 had been reversed such as 信德, then I would have been correct.

In classic text, "wang" and "wu" are interchangeable as "none" which implies that something that "does not exist". Hence, There was no difference between "wang wei" and "wu wei". "wang wei" was, only, a more classic way of writing.

The post above was totally incorrect and misleading.

1. If you have used all your prenatal chi up at age 31 already, you are dead by now. 2. There are no positives from this horrible truth. It was only a myth believed by the ancients. If you practice Chi Kung of any kind, it will increase your vital energy.

十有三, has two possible interpretations: 1. Three out of ten. 2. Ten plus three which is thirteen. Item 1 was talking about percentage. It was obvious that Chapter 50 was talking about the percentage of the mortality rate of the people. 2. Those who lived longer are three out of ten(30%), 3. Those who die sooner are three out of ten(30%), 4. Some of the people could have lived longer, 5. But they choose to run toward death, 6. Also, three out of ten(30%). Line 2 says 30% of the people lived through their lifespan. Line 3 says 30% of the people die before their lifespan due to illness. Line 6 says 30% of the people die due to drugs, alcohol, and dangerous lifestyle. The other 10% was unknown. Item 2. Ten plus three which is thirteen. In the Chinese custom, this was a formal way to express somebody's age. e.g. For the age of 13; it would be expressed as 十有三(10 plus 3).