A brief explanation of the Chu bamboo slips Hengxian

Abstract

The discovery of Hengxian and the formation of the category of hengxian are an important recapitulation and creative integration of the theory of the ontological Dao (Tao) in the Pre-Qin period. The cosmology of self-creating and self-functioning  in Hengxian and the theory of self-creating and self-evolving  in Liezi and Zhuangzi can be mutually interpreted. It indicates that the theory of transformation of qi entered a quite mature state in the Warring States Period.

Keywords

Hengxian, the ontological Dao, self-creating and self-evolving, the theory of transformation of qi