Jing, Qi and Shen Explained | The Three Treasures of Daoism

The wax, the flame and the light. Three images for the interdependence of essence, energy and spirit. Jing, qi and shen are known in later Daoist traditions as the Three Treasures. This video explores their meanings and relationships within Daoist cultivation, traditional Chinese medicine and the internal martial arts. Drawing on the Huainanzi, Dao De Jing, Heshang Gong’s commentary and the Taiji classics, we examine how these traditions describe preserving vitality, settling the heart-mind and cultivating stillness. We also introduce the inner alchemical sequence of refining essence into qi, qi into spirit, and returning spirit to emptiness, following the interpretation presented on this channel. #JingQiShen #ThreeTreasures #Daoism #Qi #InternalAlchemy #ChinesePhilosophy #DaoistClassics