Daoyin
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Daoyin (導引, dǎoyǐn, often translated "guiding and pulling") is a Chinese term for traditions of bodily movement, stretching, and breathing associated with health and cultivation. The term and its practices have a long and varied history, and modern writers sometimes relate them to qigong.[1]
Mawangdui evidence
One of the best-known excavated materials associated with daoyin is the damaged silk chart conventionally known as the Daoyintu (導引圖), found in Tomb 3 at Mawangdui. The tomb was sealed in 168 BCE, and the chart contains forty-four colored human figures in a range of postures. Because the manuscript and many captions are damaged, modern reconstructions remain interpretive.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Prescribing "Guiding and Pulling"". University College London. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "Shadows of Mawangdui: Animating the Silk Daoyintu". University of Hawaiʻi Press. Retrieved 2026-10-02.