"Qi" and Localization of spirts in human body

Spirts are within human body like "qi". Undisciplined approach of "qi" can cause disease. It is a natural law in this new mindset.

In Zuozhuan(written around the middle of the fourth century BC):

"There are six heavenly influences [qi] which descend and produce the five tastes, go forth in the five colours, and are verified in the five notes; but when they are in excess, they produce the six diseases."

Laozi BC 571-471:

“everything is embedded in yin and embraces yang; through chong qi [vital energy] it reaches he [harmony].” (Laozi ch.42)

Zhuangzi BC 396-286:

“When the qi of yin and yang are not in harmony, and cold and heat come in untimely ways, all things will be harmed.” (Zhuangzi ch. 31)

Yinyang (Yin-yang) | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (utm.edu)

The priests offered their services, bringing their knowledge of the Dao, the correct Way, to help people avoid contracting disease and guide them back to health. Disease is the evil, while priests can use their knowledge of Dao to fight against evil spirts.

separate with the practions

概念太多 有点杂乱 qi可以当做例子。

An interpretation of Confucius (551-479 BC): Disease is the fate.

Mo Di (468-376 BC): Disease may due to some factors.

"This encouragement to deploy whatever crafty strategies might give an advantage in the ongoing struggle for survival can still be found in the cultural heritage of modern China."

see the book

"My fate lies in my own hands, not in heaven!" p16

Ge Hong 286-363(Eastern Jin dynasty) Daoist/Taoist practitioner

Tao Hongjing 456-536(南朝) read Ge Hong at a young age

The idea that ancestors would punish their living descendants for their sins evolved in the course of the centuries into the idea that living descendants would have to bear the punishments for the past sins of their ancestors as well as for their own transgressions.

see the book

Disease is internal imbalance of Five elements.