Autumn Living Tao Essential Tai Ji Series — Session One
(September 2024)
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Master Huang’s teaching encourages a holistic approach to Body, Heart/Mind & Spirit study through the practice of Living Tao philosophy, metaphors, and forms.
Over the course of this Series, Master Huang will introduce new material in the following practice areas:
* Classics, Culture & Music: (Session One: Tao Te Ching 道德經 (Dao De Jing) of Lao Zi 老子‘s 81 verses – Comparative translations); (Session One: Introduction to 易經 Yi Jing / I Ching Wisdom Book of Change and Transformation Hexagram One Qian);
* Related Calligraphy & Metaphors: (Session One: Jīn Huā/Golden Flower, Mǐ/Rice, Mí/Lost, Mí/Riddle, Jù Jīng, Yǎng Qì, Huì Shén, Xué Xí); and
* Continued Articulation & Development of the Tai Ji Forms.
CALLIGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EIGHT DIRECTIONS
Golden Flower / Jīn Huā
Rice / Mǐ
Mǐ / Rice
Qì / Breath
Mǐ / Rice
Jīng / Essence
Mǐ / Rice
Mí / Lost
Mí / Riddle
Mí / Lost
Jù Jīng
Gather in Vital Essence
Yǎng Qì
Nurish or Nurture
Huì Shén
Centering (Meeting) of the Spirit
TAO TE CHING 道德經 (DAO DE JING)
FUTURE COMPARATIVE STUDIES
易經 YI JING / I CHING WISDOM BOOK OF CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION
HEXAGRAM # 1 QIAN
Lóng / Dragon (cursive)
Xué Xí / Learning
DEEPENING PRACTICE
TAI JI RITUAL – Part One
天 tiān 上 shàng Sky Above
地 dì 下 xià Earth Below
外 wài 內 nèi Out There / Inside (in Here)
前qián 進jìn ForwardAction
後 hòu 退 tuì Moving Back Into Reflection
左 zuǒ 顧 gù Left Looking (Presently)
右 yòu 盼 pàn Right Looking (Far)
CIRCLE PRACTICE MOTIFS
Sculpture by Pius Brogle
1st Circle Motifs
揽雀尾 Lan Que Wei / Grasping Swallows Tail
Peng Lu Ji An 掤捋擠按
(”pon, lew, gee, ahn”)
Single Whip / 單鞭 Dan Bian
Bai He Liang Chi 白鹤亮翅 White Crane Spreads (flashes) Wings
Shou Hui Pi Pa ⼿揮琵琶 Hand Strumming or Plucking Pi Pa
抱虎 Bao Hu / Embrace Tiger, 歸 山 Gui Shan / Return to Mountain
2nd Circle Motifs
拳 Quán / Fist 掌 Zhǎng / Palm
海底针 Hǎi Dǐ Zhēn / Needle at the bottom of the ocean
Slanted Flight / Xie Fei
Shàn Tōng Bēi / Fan through back
SUPPLEMENTAL REFERENCES
I Ching (Yi Jing) Sources:
- I Ching, Translated and Edited by John Blofeld
- The Original I Ching Oracle or The Book of Changes: The Eranos I Ching Project by Rudolf Ritsema
- (The Eranos I Ching is the ultimate product of fifty years of I Ching studies by Rudolf Ritsema and of ten years of experiential I Ching work in the Eranos Round Table in Ascona, Switzerland)
- The Portable Dragon: Western Man’s Guide to the I Ching—by R.G.H. Siu (M.I.T.Press 1971)
Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) Sources:
- Thus Spoke Laozi: Dao De Jing by Charles Wu (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Series, Beijing)
- The Way of Life: According to Lao Tzu by Witter Bynner (Capricorn Books)
- Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching: A Book about The Way and the Power of The Way— translated by Ursula K. Le Guin (Shambhala Pubications)
