Definition
Stability-through-anticipatory-change — the principle that living systems maintain stability not by holding fixed setpoints but by predictively pre-adjusting to meet anticipated demand. Named from allostasis (Sterling & Eyer 1988) + Mandarin qing (felt-quality). The physiological register of prediction-error-minimization: the body FEELS what is coming and adjusts before it arrives. Stability achieved through change, not resistance to it.