s ▁Category : 1 9 9 7 ▁death s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Lind es nes ▁Category : L uther an ▁mission aries ▁in ▁China ▁Category : N or weg ian ▁writers ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁Norwegian ▁writers ▁Category : N or weg ian ▁Luther an ▁mission aries ▁Category : N or weg ian ▁exp atri ates ▁in ▁China <0x0A> </s> ▁Ne ig ong , ▁also ▁sp elled ▁nei ▁k ung , ▁ne igung , ▁or ▁na e ▁g ong , ▁refers ▁to ▁any ▁of ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁Chinese ▁breath ing , ▁med itation ▁and ▁spiritual ▁practice ▁discipl ines ▁associated ▁with ▁D ao ism ▁and ▁especially ▁the ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁Ne ig ong ▁practice ▁is ▁normally ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁so - called ▁" soft ▁style ", ▁" internal " ▁or ▁ne ij ia ▁ ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁category ▁known ▁as ▁wa ig ong ▁ ▁or ▁" external ▁skill " ▁which ▁is ▁histor ically ▁associated ▁with ▁sh a olin qu an ▁or ▁the ▁so - called ▁" hard ▁style ", ▁" external " ▁or ▁w à iji ā ▁ ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁Both ▁have ▁many ▁different ▁schools , ▁discipl ines ▁and ▁practices ▁and ▁histor ically ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁mut ual ▁influence ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁and ▁distingu ishing ▁precisely ▁between ▁them ▁diff ers ▁from ▁school ▁to ▁school . ▁▁ ▁There ▁is ▁both ▁mart ial ▁and ▁non - mart ial ▁ne ig ong . ▁Well ▁known ▁examples ▁of ▁mart ial ▁ne ig