The 12 Chinese animals : create harmony in your daily life through ancient Chinese wisdom

274 Pages·2011·1.83 MB·English

by  Wu

Creativity

AND
Taoism
of related interest
The 12 Chinese Animals
Create Harmony in your Daily Life through Ancient Chinese
Wisdom
Master Zhongxian Wu
ISBN 978 1 84819 031 3
Seeking the Spirit of The Book of Change
8 Days to Mastering a Shamanic Yijing (I Ching) Prediction
System
Master Zhongxian Wu
Foreword by Daniel Reid
ISBN 978 1 84819 020 7
The Secret of Everlasting Life
The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on
Immortality
Richard Bertschinger
ISBN 978 1 84819 048 1
Creativity

AND
Taoism
A Study of Chinese Philosophy, Art and Poetry
Chung-yuan Chang
London and PhiLadeLPhia
First published by The Julian Press, Inc. in 1965
This edition published in 2011
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Contents
IntroductIon 9
1. Invisible ground of sympathy 47
2. Immeasurable potentialities of
creativity 81
3. Peace as identification of reality and
appearance 115
4. Processes of self-realization 149
5. Tranquillity reflected in Chinese
poetry 195
6. Tranquillity reflected in Chinese
painting 227
concludIng remarks 267
Figures
1. Centers on lesser heavenly circulation 168
2. Centers on grand heavenly circulation 173
A. Front view 173
B. Back view 174
3. Centers on controlled course 178
4. Centers on involuntary course 179
5. The initial change of electrical current
in nerve fiber 183
6. The relationship between the inner organs
and the sympathetic nerve system 185
7. Chart of ultimatelessness 191
8. Pa-ta Shan-jen (Seventeenth Century)
calligraphy (running script) 263
9. Wang Tsao-lin (Sixteenth Century)
calligraphy (grass script) 263