On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 luche@adl.auslink.net wrote:

At 09:30 PM 9/23/97 -0600, you wrote:

To throw in my thoughts, chi is more than just the life energy in a
person. It is a part of the universe in every _thing_, not just people.
Has anyone heard the words "internal power" in taiji, pakua, and hsing-i?
>From what I've managed to gather, chi is more than energy, more than
someone using ultra-scary dim mak techniques, and more than the energy in
a body. Chi is Creation in microsm.

On Tue, 23 Sep 1997 MadamHydra@aol.com wrote:

Can anyone tell me the difference between the terms "chi" and "ki"?  Is it
just a difference in spelling or do they actually mean different things?  

This is in reference to martial arts in Ranma 1/2.  ^_^

Right.. Well.. concentrating purely on the linguistic apsects, here is what
I know. Chi means blood. Ki means feeling, heart. Chi, however, is not used
in the field of medicine, instead it is substituted with 'ketsueki'.
Ketsueki contains the kanji for chi, but generally chi conveys a feeling of
something more than just physical matter (more like 'the source of life' or
something similar). Ki and chi are related, but their meanings differ
distinctly. As for chi being the Chinese pronounciation, that's bollocks..
:P Why would the Japanese have to alter the pronounciation anyway, if their
syllabry allows for it? :P ..nm.. ^-^ :)

Um...hate to tell you this but you're wrong.  Using the new alphabet
kindly provided by the PRC Chi is spelled Qi.  This alteration in spelling
makes no difference as to how it's pronounced in Chinese, but it does make
a small difference as to how those of us in the US pronounce it.  Looking
at the two rather distinct spellings of Chi/Qi I'm sure you can see why
some of us call Ki the Japanese spelling for Chi... of course I could be
completely wrong and full of bull, but that's my take on things.

AJ

whose mind went wandering...and decided to follow Ryoga...