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3 articles in this section of the archive.

An archive plate: an arc that rises and turns back on itself, ending in a downward arrowhead above a solid line, with a red cross above. Common Misconceptions The things almost everyone arrives believing, corrected. 7 min read Chinese woodcut illustrating a stage of Daoist internal alchemy: a seated figure with a symbolic diagram of the process drawn over the torso. Mo Pai in Context How it relates to neidan, Wudang and Longmen neigong, Kunlun, Nei Qi Gong, and mainstream qigong. 10 min read Classical Chinese illustration of a baduanjin exercise: a seated figure with arms raised in a prescribed posture. Qi Gong, and What It Shares with Mo Pai The world's most widely practised internal art and the world's most obscure one turn out to be built from the same four components. 13 min read