Xingqi (circulating breath)

Chinese xingqi (行氣, "circulating qi / breath") is a group of breath-control techniques that have been developed and practiced from the Warring States period (c. 475-221 BCE) to the present. Examples include Traditional Chinese medicine, Daoist meditation, daoyin breathing calisthenics, taixi embryonic breathing, neidan internal alchemy, neigong internal exercises, qigong deep-breathing exercises, and taijiquan slow-motion martial art. Since the polysemous keyword qi can mean natural "breath; air" and/or alleged supernatural "vital breath; life force", xingqi signifies "circulating breath" in meditational contexts or "activating vital breath" in medical contexts.

Xingqi Circulating Breath
Daoyin technique for conserving one's Yuanqi (Original Qi), 1875 Daoyin tu (導引圖, Drawings of Guiding and Pulling [Qi Circulation])
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese行氣
Simplified Chinese行气
Korean name
Hangul행기
Hanja行氣
Japanese name
Kanji行気
Hiraganaぎょうき
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