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Qi (Chinese philosophy) (Topical Term)

Preferred form: Qi (Chinese philosophy)
Used for/see from:
  • Earlier heading: Chʻi
  • Earlier heading: Chʻi (Chinese philosophy)
  • Ki (Chinese philosophy)
See also:

Perkins, D. Encyc. of China, 1999 (Qi (Chʻi) vital energy or life force within each person that the Chinese traditionally consider the basic force of the universe. Qi often is translated into English as "material force" or "matter-energy")

Britannica Micro. (chʻi, pinyin qi (Chinese "breath" or "force"), in Chinese philosophy, the ethereal substance of which everything is composed)

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