4/6 · Action太陽
MovementThe journey · Doing · Action
Tai Yang (太陽) is the fourth phase: charge becomes a line. In Shang Han Lun, Tai Yang is the surface and often comes first; in this cycle it is the doing of the journey, after separating, sensing and kindling.
LessonAlign intention and take the step without a cloud.
Action turns charge into a line. The Small Intestine studies discrimination: which impulse is one's own and which was swallowed undigested. The Bladder studies alignment, the force of the leg continuing through the back to the gaze, like an arrow with a single target. When Tai Yang is working, the whole body says the same direction. On the journey, this phase is the doing.
If the cycle breaks · ProjectionPlacing on someone else's gesture what is not recognised in one's own. The step becomes a judgement of another.
Study questionIs the step a clear line, or does the body push one way while the story goes another?
In the classical channelTai Yang opens the yang (开). In the Shang Han Lun it is the surface. In this cycle it is the act that goes out.
Combined channels
Open in the atlas
Also in the cycle
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