▁The ▁D ao ▁De ▁J ing , ▁often ▁cred ited ▁to ▁La o ▁Z i , ▁is ▁another ▁T ao ist ▁text ▁that ▁contains ▁principles ▁applicable ▁to ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁classic ▁texts ▁of ▁Conf u cian ism , ▁Z hou ▁Li ▁( ), ▁Arch ery ▁and ▁ch ari ote ering ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁" six ▁arts " ▁( , ▁including ▁r ites , ▁music , ▁call ig raph y ▁and ▁mathematics ) ▁of ▁the ▁Z hou ▁D ynast y ▁( 1 1 2 2 – 2 5 6 ▁B CE ). ▁The ▁Art ▁of ▁War ▁( ), ▁written ▁during ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁century ▁B CE ▁by ▁Sun ▁T zu ▁( ), ▁de als ▁directly ▁with ▁military ▁war fare ▁but ▁contains ▁ideas ▁that ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁ ▁D ao ist ▁pract ition ers ▁have ▁been ▁pract icing ▁T ao ▁Y in ▁( phys ical ▁exer cis es ▁similar ▁to ▁Q ig ong ▁that ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁pro gen itors ▁to ▁T ' ai ▁chi ▁ch ' uan ) ▁from ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 5 0 0 ▁B CE . ▁In ▁ 3 9 – 9 2 ▁CE , ▁" S ix ▁Chap ters ▁of ▁Hand ▁Fight ing ", ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁Han ▁Sh u ▁( history ▁of ▁the ▁Form er ▁Han ▁D ynast y ) ▁written ▁by ▁Pan ▁Ku . ▁Also , ▁the ▁noted ▁phys ician , ▁H ua ▁Tu o , ▁composed ▁the ▁" F ive ▁Anim