Huanjing bunao is a Daoist sexual practice and yangsheng method aimed at maintaining arousal for an extended plateau phase while avoiding orgasm. According to this practice, retaining unejaculated jin
Huanjing bunao technique of pressing the heel on the perineum to prevent ejaculation and conserve one's Yuanqi ("vitality"), 1875 Daoyin tu (導引圖, Drawings of Exercises)
Mawangdui Han Bamboo Slips
Silk banner found draped over the coffin in the grave of Lady Dai (d. 168 BC) at Mawangdui
Mawangdui silk manuscript depicting the practice of daoyin, excavated from a 168 BCE Western Han tomb.
The Tao Te Ching or Dào Dé Jīng, or Laozi in Chinese and scholarship, is an ancient Chinese classic text, becoming a foundational work of Taoism. Central to both philosophical and religious Taoism, it
Ink on silk manuscript of the Tao Te Ching – from Mawangdui (2nd century BCE)
Laozi riding a water buffalo