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In #ChineseFolklore, the one-armed people of the mythical Qigong country craft ingenious bird traps and flying chariots to ride the wind. During King Tang’s reign of the Shang Dynasty, a west wind carried one of these chariots to Yuzhou. 1/2

奇肱民善為拭,扛以殺百禽,能為飛車,從風遠行。湯時西風至,吹其車至豫州,湯破其車,不以視民。十年,東風至,乃復作車遣返,而其國去玉門關四萬里。 ~《博物志 卷二》
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To keep it hidden from locals, Tang destroyed it. Ten years later, an east wind returned, and Tang rebuilt the chariot, sending them home. Qigong lies forty thousand li from Yumen Pass. 2/2

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