The word "qi" literally just means "breath" or "wind" (like the Greek word "pneuma"), the ancient Chinese wouldn't really have made the distinction between literally breathing air and the "mystic energy" meaning of "qi"https://twitter.com/RiffChick/status/1302376393469239296 …
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(In general, a hard distinction between "mundane" and "magical" is a very modern reading of any ancient belief The whole point of carving out "magic" as separate from "ordinary" forms of power is that it's something done by people who don't really believe in "magic")
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