7. A Chinese expression, literally translated as 'teacher-father'.
8. Wu tai chi. One of the five classical forms of tai chi.
9. Men Chow is referring to the Chinese annexation of Tibet in 1950.
10. A unit of Chinese measurement; 2 li is one kilometer.
11. In 1937, the Japanese came and ransacked Nanjing.
12. The opening words of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tse's famous book and one of the most sacred texts of Taoism.
13. An ancient Chinese book dating from 800-1000 BC. Commonly used in China for divination.
14. The black and white symbol representing the interplay of masculine and feminine; shown as a circle bisected by a wavy line with one side white and the other black and two spots of the opposite colour in each side.
15. One of the traditional sites of Taoism in China. The Maoshan Taoists studied sorcery and magical techniques to gain power.
16. Pa kua is a series of movements which are executed while walking in a circle. Students begin with a large circle and gravitate to a smaller one.

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