Yangsheng (Daoism)
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In religious Daoism and traditional Chinese medicine, yangsheng refers to a range of self-cultivation practices designed to promote health and longevity. These techniques include calisthenics, self-ma
![Reconstructed drawings from the 168 BCE Daoyin tu (Chart for Guiding and Pulling [Qi Circulation]) in the Mawangdui Silk Texts](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Daoyin_tu_-_chart_for_leading_and_guiding_people_in_exercise_Wellcome_L0036007.jpg/500px-Daoyin_tu_-_chart_for_leading_and_guiding_people_in_exercise_Wellcome_L0036007.jpg)
Reconstructed drawings from the 168 BCE Daoyin tu (Chart for Guiding and Pulling [Qi Circulation]) in the Mawangdui Silk Texts
Manuscript written on bamboo strips, from the Kongzi Shilun (孔子詩論), an early discussion of the Classic of Poetry, Warring States period (c. 475-221 BCE)
![Original silk fragments of the 168 BCE Daoyin tu (Chart for Guiding and Pulling [Qi Circulation]) in the Mawangdui Silk Texts](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Qigong_taiji_meditation.jpg/500px-Qigong_taiji_meditation.jpg)
Original silk fragments of the 168 BCE Daoyin tu (Chart for Guiding and Pulling [Qi Circulation]) in the Mawangdui Silk Texts
Zhuang Zhou, Yuan dynasty painting, 14th century
Huanjing bunao
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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