nèidān

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nèidān is a traditional Chinese Daoist practice of internal alchemy focused on refining the body and mind to achieve spiritual transformation and longevity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese esoteric practice
Daoist internal alchemy
spiritual cultivation practice
aimsAt immortality
longevity
spiritual transformation
associatedWith Daoist alchemy NERFINISHED
associatedWithSchool Quanzhen school NERFINISHED
Shangqing school NERFINISHED
classifiedAs inner cultivation
contrastedWith external alchemy
cosmologicalBasis Five Phases theory NERFINISHED
cosmologicalBasis yin-yang theory
developedFrom early Daoist alchemical practices
emphasizes breath regulation
energy circulation
meditation
focusesOn refining the body
refining the mind
goalIncludes harmonizing with the Dao
purification of body and mind
hasChineseName 內丹
hasLiteralMeaning inner elixir
hasPinyin nèidān
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment Song dynasty NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
influenced Chinese martial arts
neigong NERFINISHED
qigong
originatedIn China NERFINISHED
partOfTradition Daoism NERFINISHED
practicedBy Daoist adepts
relatedConcept Daoist meditation
yangsheng
relatedTo wàidān
requires discipline and long-term practice
moral self-cultivation
textuallyAttestedIn Cantong qi NERFINISHED
Daozang NERFINISHED
Wuzhen pian NERFINISHED
usesConcept jing
qi
shen
usesSymbolismOf elixir
furnace and cauldron
meridians and dantian

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Neidan hasAlternativeName nèidān