形气转续 (形氣轉續) xíng qì zhuǎn xù

xíng qì zhuǎn xù phrase form and vital energy passed forward
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
Notes: Quote: from the poem 鵩鳥賦 “The Owl” by 賈誼 Jia Yi contained in 史記 “Records of the Grand Historian”, volume 84 by 司馬遷 Sima Qian 45-86 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Sima Qian and Watson tr. 1993, vol I, p. 448)