ACROBATICS    雜技技

The ART of SHOWING SKILL IN BODY MOVEMENT INTENDing to ENTERTAIN MANY. 
GYMNASTICSTUMBLINGAGILITYFUNAMBULISM
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for acrobatics in WEISHU 魏書 is zá xì 雜戲. 2. Current acrobatic acts include illusion arts, breathing fire, juggling upto nine objects in the air, jumping through narrow rings, stand on one's hands on a ball, tight-rope walking, climbing up a high pole (also on a moving cart), standing on one's hands on piles of tiles, keeping plates turning in mid-air, balancing complex objects on a pole placed on one's forehead. All these are abundantly illustrated on Han tiles.
Modern Chinese Criteria
雜技 把戲 雜耍 百戲 角抵 玩意兒 走繩 走索 走鋼絲 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
    Hypernym
    • ARTS　SKILLS BELIEVED to be IMPORTANT FOR EDUCATION OR AMUSEMENT. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
    • SKILLFUL　ABLE to ACT:do something BECAUSE one has LEARNT NECESSARY METHODS.  (anc: 7/0, child: 6)
    • ABLE　HAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 16)
  • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. 389ff

  • () p. 199

  • () p. 717

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p.

    • Words (16 items)

    緣  yuán MC: ywen OC: k-lon 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNclimb up （a pole 緣橦)
    跳  tiào OC: kh-leews MC: theu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactjuggle, keep several objects in the air at the same time
    沖狹  chōng xiá OC: ɡrluŋ ɡreeb MC: ɖuŋ ɦɣɛp 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPijump through a narrow ring
    吐火  tǔ huǒ OC: kh-laaʔ qphaalʔ MC: thuo̝ hʷɑ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibreathe fire
    雜戲  zá xì OC: sɡuub qhras MC: dzəp hiɛ 0 Attributions

    The current general word for acrobatics in WEISHU 魏書 is zá xì 雜戲.

      Syntactic words
    • NPabactacrobatics
    緣橦  yuán chuáng OC: k-lon rdooŋ MC: jiɛn ɖɣɔŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactclimb up a dangerously high pole
    履索  lǚ suǒ OC: riʔ saaɡ MC: li sɑk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiwalk on a rope, walk the tightrope
    幻人  huàn rén OC: ɢʷreens njin MC: ɦɣɛn ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}post-Han: illusion artist
    象人  xiàng rén OC: sɢlaŋʔ njin MC: zi̯ɐŋ ȵin 0 Attributions
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    • NPHANSHU: top level acrobat, in particular a person capable of the famous 魚龍曼延, the most complex piece of acrobatics known, but of which no detailed picture survives.
    伎  jì OC: ɡreʔ MC: giɛ
    技  jì OC: ɡreʔ MC: giɛ
    妓  jì OC: ɡreʔ MC: giɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncourt entertainer, juggler
    化人  huà rén OC: hŋʷraals njin MC: hɣɛ ȵin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{vadN}LIE: illusion artist with added supernatural Taoist skills
    弄  nòng OC: ɡ-rooŋs MC: luŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNjuggle, keep several objects in the air at the same time (in Han times there were already jugglers keeping nine objects in the air at the same time)
    投狹  tóu xiá OC: doo ɡreeb MC: du ɦɣɛp 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPijump through a narrow ring
    擲  zhì OC: ɡ-leɡ MC: ɖiɛk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNkeep plates turning on sticks held up in the air
    旋  xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstand on one's hands on a ball 旋球
    疊  dié OC: dɯɯb MC: dep 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactpile up things and perform acrobatics on these piled-up things