Liu Zi Jue — Six Healing Sounds
Liu Zi Jue — Six Healing Sounds is a Chinese / Daoyin — Liu Zi Jue six sounds body system as transmitted through the lineage Liu Zi Jue coordinates six exhaled sounds with organ-focused movement and breath. Modern health-sport standardisation preserves the sequence xu, he, hu, si, chui and xi while drawing on an older attribution to Sun Simiao.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- State Sport General Administration of China, Liu Zi Jue (Chinese Health Qigong Association standard, 2003) — Modern standard form documents the six sounds xu, he, hu, si, chui and xi with their organ-focused movements.
- Sun Simiao, Qianjin Yaofang (7th-century text; standard Chinese medical editions) — Qianjin Yaofang preserves an early six-sound breathing attribution; later Liu Zi Jue practice should not be treated as identical to every historical formulation.
- Livia Kohn, Chinese Healing Exercises (University of Hawai'i Press 2008) — Provides historical context for breath, sound and organ-oriented daoyin practices.
Known lineage variants
- Sound spellings and organ assignments differ across historical and modern schools; this map follows the Chinese Health Qigong standard sequence.
- Points are symbolic organ-region projections and do not claim that vocal sounds directly treat disease.
Cross-tradition overlaps
- Hē — Heart sound ↔ Heart (coincident)
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Xū — Liver sound — wood / exhale
- Hē — Heart sound — fire / exhale
- Hū — Spleen sound — earth / exhale
- Sī — Lungs sound — metal / exhale
- Chūi — Kidneys sound — water / exhale
- Xī — Sanjiao sound — triple burner / exhale
Frequently asked
What is Xū — Liver sound?
Xū is the first modern standard sound and is paired with the Liver movement. The point marks an approximate right upper-abdominal attention region for the exercise.
What is Hē — Heart sound?
Hē is paired with Heart-focused movement and a soft, open exhalation. Its upper-chest placement is a symbolic practice anchor, not a physiological sound generator.
What is Hū — Spleen sound?
Hū is linked to the Spleen in the modern standard and is practised with centred abdominal movement. The point is an editorial projection of that functional region.
What is Sī — Lungs sound?
Sī is the Lung sound, voiced or whispered with controlled exhalation in the standard form. A single thoracic point represents the paired lungs for diagram clarity.
What is Chūi — Kidneys sound?
Chūi is associated with Kidney-focused movement and a descending, quiet quality. The lower-trunk anchor is a symbolic front projection of the bilateral kidneys.
What is Xī — Sanjiao sound?
Xī is the sixth sound and is assigned to the Sanjiao in the modern standard. Because Sanjiao is a functional channel concept, its torso point is deliberately broad and uncertain.