Yin Yang Shiyi Mai Jiujing Yin Yang Shiyi Mai Jiujing The Yin Yang Shiyi Mai Jiujing (), or Cauterization Canon of the Eleven Yin and Yang Vessels, is an ancient Chinese medical text that was excavated in 1973 from a Han-dynasty tomb in Mawangdui Han tombs site (Hunan province) that had been sealed in 168 BCE. It was handcopied in seal script on the same sheet of silk as the "Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments" and another text on cauterization during the Qin dynasty, around 215 BCE. The text describes the pathways of eleven vessels or channels ("mai" 脉) inside the body, as well as the
I Like Chinese "likes Chinese". Broadly outlining stereotypes about Chinese people (an example of this is the stereotype that Chinese people are short, in the line "They only come up to your knees"), it also outlines the achievements of China and its people, including Chinese food, maoism, taoism, I-Ching, chess, penjing ("I like their tiny little trees"), Zen, ping pong, Yin and Yang, and Confucius. Near the end of the song, an erhu starts playing to add more Chinese atmosphere. The song is sung in English, and the fourth verse contains lyrics in Mandarin. The version appearing on the "Monty Python Live (Mostly)"