Editing Duḥkha (section)

===Chinese Buddhism===
Chinese Buddhist tradition has been influenced by Taoism and Confucian theory that advocates that duhkha (古:十Ten directions, 口 hole or opening) is associated to the theory of seven emotions of endogenous disease through the formation of the spirit of the [[Hun and po|po]] a term that relates to the Western psychological notion of [[Ego (psychology)|ego]] or the [[Theology|theological]] reference to the human [[soul]]. This theory is expounded in the application of traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment and prevention of pain and suffering from illness, disease and ignorance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huang di nei jing su wen |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666312/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Soothill |first1=William Edward |title=A dictionary of Chinese Buddhist terms: with Sanskrit and English equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali index |last2=Hodous |first2=Lewis |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-7007-1455-1 |edition=Repr. - Transferred to digital printing |location=London New York, NY}}</ref>