Issue 54 - Tse Qigong Centre

Today it seems as if everyone has heard of Taiji.So do we need to talk about it, or are we justwasting our time?Perhaps this is true if you know all about it, but ifyou ask people what they think Taiji is, you willget some very interesting answers. I have heardpeople say, “Taiji means Yin and Yang”, “Taiji isrelaxation”, “Taiji is that exercise thing old peopledo” and “Taiji is slow movement”.Some of these answers are right and some are wrong.Taiji means ‘one object’ and this was first written in a very oldChinese Classic, The Book of Changes. We call this book inChinese the Yijing. The Yijing says, “Wuji creates Taiji”. Whatdoes Wuji mean? Wu means nothing. Ji means ending orlimited, but what is meant by limited and ending? Did youknow that when we translate from one language to another, itis not always possible to translate everything word for wordbecause it often does not make sense. However, every sentence,passage or phrase has a meaning and this is what you need toknow.In this case ending and limited means an object or thing.So all together Wuji means ‘nothing thing’ or ‘no things’. Italso means nothingness or emptiness. For example, before youWhat is Taiji?Qi Magazine 36