Chinese woodcut: Circulation of Qi during Qigong practice

Woodcut from Che sheng ba bian neijing (The Penetrating Mirror of the Interior in Eight Books), engraved in the Kangxi reign period of the Qing dynasty (1662-1722), illustrating the flow and circulation of Genuine Qi (zhen qi - the combination of innate and acquired Qi), here shown in counterflow, welling up like a fountain from the end of the coccyx to the top of the head. This is a representation of the movement of Genuine Qi in the body during the practice of Qigong.

PICTURE TITLE: Heche niliu tu (Illustration of the Water Wheel against the current). OTHER LETTERING: Kunlun (Kunlun); shuangguan (Two Passes); qihai (Sea of Qi); weilü (Coccyx)