Lo Shu is part of the legacy of the most ancient Chinese mathematical and divinatory ( Yi Jing 易經 ) traditions, and is an important emblem in Feng Shui ( 風水 ), the art of geomancy concerned with the placement of objects in relation to the flow of qi ( 氣 ) ' natural energy '.

Jing is the essence of qi and the basis for body matter and functional activities.

An early Taoist text, the Taiping Jing suggests that early people who were living completely " as they are " ( ziran ) would not need food, but instead would live only by absorbing the cosmic qi of Yin and Yang.

They are also known as Jing Qi Shen (; " essence, qi, and spirit ").

" Jing, qi, shen ; 精 氣 神 ; essence, pneuma ( breath, energy, vital force ), spirit ", in The Encyclopedia of Taoism, ed.

The earliest surviving recordings of this are in the Ma Wang Dui texts and Huang Di Nei Jing.

Many more English translations are titled Tao Te Ching than Dao De Jing, making the former spelling more familiar to native speakers.

Chi flutes are mentioned in Shi Jing, compiled and edited by Confucius, according to tradition.

His teachings are supposedly left behind in the book Lu Ban Jing ( 魯班經, " Manuscript of Lu Ban "), although it was written some 1500 years after his death.

In contrast, Jing Ke was a chivalrous warrior who said that " tens of thousands of injured people are all my comrades.

Taoism's central books are the Dao De Jing ( Tao-Te-Ching ), traditionally attributed to Laozi ( Lao Tzu ), and the Zhuangzi ( Chuang Tzu ).

Zhou Yu tries to take Jing Province repeatedly but his plans are foiled three times by Zhuge Liang.

Additional housing is built by providing free land and exemption from fees to estate developers: the resulting houses are called ' Jing Ji Shi Yong Fang ' ( literally ' the economically affordable Housing ', Chinese: 经济适用房 ).

Horses covered with scale armour are alluded to in the ancient Chinese book of poetry, the Shi Jing dating between the 7th to 10th century BCE-however, these did not cover the entire horse.

Jing ping bands are made up of a boumboum ( boom pipe ), syak or gwaj ( scraper-rattle ), tambal or tanbou ( tambourine ) and accordion.

It is further worthy to note that many of the writings found in the 52 surviving chapters of the Taiping Jing that are found in the Daozang have a direct relationship to the Way of the Celestial Masters.

The earliest extant anthologies are the Shi Jing and Chu Ci.

The earliest surviving recordings of this are in the Ma Wang Dui texts and Huang Di Nei Jing.

The Central Guoshu Academy ( Zhongyang Guoshuguan, 中央國術館 / 中央国术馆 ) established by the National Government in 1928 and the Jing Wu Athletic Association ( 精武體育會 / 精武体育会 ) founded by Huo Yuanjia in 1910 are examples of organizations that promoted a systematic approach for training in Chinese martial arts.

There are two popular Chinese translations of this sutra: one by Xuan Zang and the other by Yi Jing both translated in the Tang Dynasty.

There are 13 kinds of characters in Qinqiang including four kinds of " Sheng " ( 生, male )( 老生 、 須生 、 小生 、 幼生 ), six kinds of " Dan " ( 旦, female )( 老旦 、 正旦 、 小旦 、 花旦 、 武旦 、 媒旦 ), two kinds of " Jing " ( 淨, painted face male )( 大淨 、 毛淨 ) and one kind of " Chou " ( 丑, Clown ), also knowns as " 13 Tou Wangzi " ( 十三頭網子 ).

Although the oldest surviving textual examples of surviving ci are from 8th century CE Dunhuang manuscripts, beginning in the poetry of the Liang Dynasty, the ci followed the tradition of the Shi Jing and the yuefu: they were lyrics which developed from anonymous popular songs into a sophisticated literary genre ; although in the case of the of ci form some of its fixed-rhythm patterns have an origin in Central Asia.

Among his best-known songs are Duay Rak Lae Pook Pan, Koo Gud, Sabai Sabai and Kob Jai Jing Jing.

He overhears that Chao Gai and his six companions have robbed the convoy of birthday gifts for the Imperial Tutor Cai Jing and are hence wanted by the government.

However, Cai Jing and Gao Qiu are unhappy with Song Jiang's fate so they plot to have Song killed.

Yang initially suspects that Guo Jing and Huang Rong are responsible for his father's death.

These stance training and qigong exercises are done to condition and strengthen the body to have the correct frame and alignment so as to be able to develop silk reeling energy ( Chan Si Jing ) before moving to the more complicated movements that are in the forms.

Among China's most famous Afro-Asian natives are Shanghai born Lou Jing who, in 2009, was subjected to public racist attacks as she rose to fame competing on popular reality TV show Dragon TV's Go Oriental Angel, and half Chinese and half South African volleyball player Ding Hui.

For instance a unit of about 5, 000 Wuhuan cavalry that usually resided in You Province ( part of modern northeastern Hebei and western Liaoning Province ) was deployed in Southern Jing Province ( in Hunan Province ) for three consecutive years.

All three descended from Emperor Jing.

In 214, Sun Quan ordered Lü Meng and Ling Tong to take the three commanderies of southern Jing Province.

Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to take the three commanderies of southern Jing Province with 30, 000 men.

Due to its strategic positioning between all three warring factions during the Three Kingdoms era, many battles were fought in Jing Province over the course of the various campaigns and battles fought between the states of Shu, Wei and Wu in years to come.

Sun Quan was angered and he ordered his general Lü Meng to invade three commanderies in Jing Province-Changsha ( 長沙 ), Lingling ( 零陵 ) and Guiyang ( 桂陽 )-while sending Lu Su to fortify his position at Baqiu ( present-day Yueyang, Hunan ) to block any reinforcements from Guan Yu.

Its story consists in the main of three incidents: the attempt by Jing Ke to assassinate Ying Zheng ; the rumour of a Chief Minister's having sired the latter before transferring his concubine to become Queen Mother ; and the ( possibly fictitious ) story of an official having sired children by the Queen Mother herself.

Historians believed that the " three clans " referred to the three biggest clans in Chu ; Qu, Jing and Zhao ( 屈 、 景 、 昭 ).

The Buddhist monk Yi Jing mentioned encountering three Chinese monks who lived in Lang-chia-su.

On 4 January, the 9000-strong force started to move from Yunling Township in Jing County towards Jiangsu, planning to cross the river along three routes.

According to Shui Jing Zhu, General Suo Mai ( 索勱, also So Man ) of Dunhuang introduce irrigation techniques to the region by damming the Zhubin ( possibly the Kongque ) river to irrigate the fields, and produced good harvest for the next three years.

She is most famous for her portrayal of three of the characters from The Condor Trilogy ; her heavenly role of Xiaolongnü along with Andy Lau as Yang Guo in the 1983 TVB adaptation of Louis Cha's Wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes, as the witty Huang Rong in Taiwan CTV's The Legend of the Condor Heroes ( 1988 ) along with Howie Wong as Guo Jing and as the innocent Xiaozhao with Adam Cheng as Zhang Wuji on The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber ( 1978 ).

a tale in the Shan Hai Jing, or Classic of Mountains and Seas, described a peak called Mount Penglai located on one of three islands at the eastern end of the Bohai Sea, between Japan and Korea, which was the home of the Eight Immortals.

He has an elder brother ( Jing Ya ), three elder sisters ( Lim Zhuang, Lim Bau and Lim See ), a younger sister ( Lim Mei ) and a younger brother ( Jing Kun ).

To make the competition for his daughter's hand-in-marriage fair, Huang sets a series of three tests for the two contestants: Guo Jing and Ouyang Ke.