ABSTRACT
[Abstract: Traditional Chinese spiritual practices for personal cultivation take a great diversity of forms, including artistic pursuits. Many practitioners are adept at multiple practices, which all display fluidity and grace of movement, and harmony between “presence” and “non-presence”. The aim is to achieve stillness as a state of mind, which would inform moral advancement and proper action. This stillness is underpinned by a spirit of reverence, directed at, among other things, our predecessors, fostering transtemporal communion of the present and the past. The well-being promoted by these practices is holistic, attesting to the inseparability of all aspects of the human person]
