each __

having # of __

bush

72 stalks

stalk

24 branches

branch

5 leaves

in the __ year of practice

the __ is transformed

1^st

breath

2^nd

blood

3^rd

blood-arteries

4^th

flesh

5^th

marrow

6^th

sinews

7^th

bones

8^th

hair

9^th

body

10^th

the 36,000 spirits

cinnabar field

ni-wan ("mud pill")

crimson palace

gate of the essence, in sea of breath

location in body

brain-palace

heart

below the navel

its spirit

red child

Cinnabar Boy

The Baby

alias

Yu:en Hsien ("Original First"), Ti-ch>in ("Imperial Lord")

C^un Kuan C^ien ("Firm, Brilliant Centre")

Yu:an Yan ("Original Yang"), Ku-hsia ("Lower Valley")

that spirit's garb

red clothes, red cap

red mantle & cap

dark-red mantle & cap

"__ Capital"

Upper

Middle

Lower

breath

location

ruled

cure for __

Hsi4

lungs

nose

skin-disease

Ho Ho

heart

tongue

dry mouth

Hu

spleen

swollen limbs

Hsu:

liver

eyen

red eyen

C^>ui

kidneys

ears

knees

Hsi1

the 3 cooking-vessels

p.

food

57

kan ts>ao (Chinese licorice)

kuei (cinnamon)

59

pi-li (pumila)

ginger & honey

60

mu-su-c^ie (Medicago)

wu-c^in (raw turnip)

sun (Chinese pine)

soy-sauce & vinegar

61

hsieh-hao (Seseli)

5 viscera

6 receptacles

9 palaces

12 divine rooms

180 muscle-passes

360 bone-joints

1,200 form-shadows

12,000 brilliant essences

time during nychthemeron

# of breath-swallowings

midnight

9^2 = 81

cockcrow

8^2 = 64

daybreak

6^2 = 36

breakfast

5^2 = 25

midmorning

4^2 = 16

breath

location

ruled

cure for __

Hsi4

lungs

nose

boils

Ho1

heart

tongue

dry tongue

Hu1

spleen

abdomen

swollen limbs

Hsu:1

liver

eyen

red eyen

C^>ui1

kidneys

ears

feet-soles

Hsi1

the 3 cooking-vessels

"__ Original"

Upper

Middle

Lower

cinnabar field

ni-wan ("mud pill")

sea of breath

organ

brain

heart

alias

ti-hsian ("god-country")

c^ian kun-c^en-jen ("scarlet palace of the Genuine Man')

c^in-men ("essence-door")

p.

text

commentary

101

One

Tao

Undivided

Hun-tun (primordial chaos)

109

thatched hut

nose

heaven's gate

mouth

112

coagulation of the breath

embryo

114

heavenly drum

teeth

p.

text quoted

quotation

111

Nan Hua C^in ("The Southern Flower Book")

"the breathing of the genuine man is (done) through the heel." {cf. Talos ?}

T>ai Hsi C^in ("Embryonic Breath Book")

"The genuine man's breathing (is taking place) inside the sea of breath. This is the root of the breath."

116

Yellow Court Canon

'Thirty-six gulps into the jade pool".

upwardly

Yu:n Men ("Cloud Gate")

downwardly

Lin Ken ("Miraculous Root")

direction

elixir

from __

east

morning-essence

the "green sprouts"

south

vermilion elixir

the elixir pond

middle

refined breath-energy

the "sweet springs"

west

magic juice

Min S^ih ("Bright Stone")

north

Jade Syrup

Hsu:an Tsu ("Mysterious Nutrient")

sesame seeds

rehmannia root

wolfberry fruit

lilyturf root

poria

Siberian Solomonseal rhizome

jujubes & chestnuts

time

#

cockcrow

72

dawn

63

sunrise

54

breakfast

45

morning

36

bear's

tree-climbing

bird's

extending

tortoise's

breathing

crane's

transformation

time

#

after midnight

81

cockcrow

64

sunrise

36

breakfast

25

late morning

16

dawn

45

p.

body-part

#

54

nape of neck

12

56

4 corners of eyen

27

57

little points behind the eyebrows

18

73

heavenly drum-beats

36

"Press the mountain source with the hand, and

the demon's well will be closed.

Extend the hand to the spirit's pond, then

the evil root will disperse.

Put the hands to the soul's terrace. Then

Yuu: Chen, the spirit called Jade Genuine, will guard the joints.

Then it will move and excite the Miraculous root and the heavenly beasts will come to guard (you)."

p.

text quoted

quotation

57

C^en Yen ("the Genuine Proverbs")

"If you want to write in the dark, you should nourish the Perfected Immortal's Constant Residences."

58

the song of Sun Lai Tzu

"A pair of flowers grow in the heavenly court. ... Massage in the morn, the heavenly horse ... visit the lord in supreme clarity's court. A Taoist perfected person has no secrets."

59

Hsia Mo C^in ("The Canon of Destroying Demons")

"By managing and administering the city and its surroundings, one will have one's name recorded in the Heavenly Emperor's Book."

62

the song of T>un C^en Tzu

"If one is able to graft a rootless tree, one can light a lamp at the bottom of the sea."

64

Tzu He C^>e Ke ("the Song of the Purple River Vehicle")

"On the left there is the sun; on the right there is the moon. Simultaneously the two halves ascend and merge into one. From that Jade Pond it came out and into the Gold Chamber it went."

#

exercise

simile

1^st

movement

dragon

2^nd

movement

tortoise

3^rd

squatting

kirin

4^th

gazing

tiger

5^th

rising

crane

6^th

walking

phoinix

7^th

circling

mandarin-duck

8^th

rousing

bear

9^th

cold pine

in field of snow

10^th

winter cypress

aloft in a cold wind

11^th

pushing the sky

by an immortal

12^th

raising & spreading of the wings

phoinix

from __

to __

is the __ breath

midnight

midday

live

midday

midnight

dead

ailment

dream

organ

chills & fever

people in red clothes holding red swords & staffs

heart

in 4 limbs

beautiful ladies, parents, & one's family

lungs

head/eye-ache

people in blue clothes holding blue swords or lions, wolves, and beasts to scare people

liver

depressed

small children flapping their upper arms or circling people like a tornado

spleen

weak & listless

people in black clothes holding black swords to scare others

kidneys

the __

is transformed into a __ lion

lungs

white

heart

red

liver

green

spleen

yellow

kidneys

black

p.

#

event

100

81

seeing golden wheel

107

100 * 135 = 13,500

(divisions of the day) * (breathings per division)

111

27

swallowings

100-day period

result

1^st

worldly worries are banished

2^nd

one eateth not the 5 grains, nor liketh the 5 flavors

3^rd

hunger & thirst come not, cold & heat invade not

#

category

days deleted

(small or great) breathings

1^st

"Not reducing breathing"

25

50 small

2^nd

"Small exhaustion"

30

15 great

3^rd

"Great exhaustion"

60

30 great

4^th

"Slight drunkenness"

10

5^th

"Great drunkenness"

100

6^th & 7^th

"Lust", "Wrath"

50 each

8^th to 12^th

"Scare", "Anger", "Joy", "Grief", "Fear"

10 each

13^th to 17^th

"Fatigue", "Tiredness", "Impetuosity", "Annoyance", "Hunger"

5 each

18^th

"Eating to the Full"

3

19^th

miscellaneous

garlic

pork, liver, hound-meat

melons, squashes, pears

the __ kidney

is the __

wherein is __ breath-energy

which, upon entering the sea of essence, becometh __

left

sun

white

red

right

moon

red

white

from the red mound arise yellow clouds, enabling one to blow out candles from a 100 paces away

one of them dwelleth in the __

brain-palace

Min T>an ("the Bright All")

abdomen

which is the __ Elixir Field

upper

middle

lower

it maketh a person __

drink & eat

greedy of wealth

indulge in sex

it causeth __

the mind to waver

despondency

confusion

in __ days of breathing, it will die

30

60

90

above the __

eyen, which, when one is sad at heart, shed tears

brain

is the heart-connected channel of the __

liver

nose which, when one is sad at heart, will feel dry

the __ (#)

7

3

__ (soul) spirits

P>o

Hun

are __ (parents)

dark mothers

superior fathers

stature

1-&-1/2 feet tall

accouterments

in black clothing with black hat, holding scepters with black seals

in red clothing with red hats, holding scepters with red seals

they __ (activity)

nourish one's tendons & bones

"guiding the spirits of the palace of the brain" ["More than 100 various spirits of the brain come out from the body."]

their names

1^st S^uan Lin ("Pleasant Spirit")

2^nd T>ai Kuan ("Embryonic Light")

3^rd You C^>in ("Mysterious Essence")

organ

color

form

result

liver

blue

clouds

cure heat

heart

red

egg

cure cold

lungs

white

pearl

"discern people's goodness and wickedness"

spleen

yellow

"one will be able to go through walls without being seen."

kidneys

black

"room of life"

#

considering __

as __

1^st

kindness & sympathy

clothing

2^nd

stopping thoughts

food

3^rd

proper mind

carriage

4^th

concentrated will

wealth

5^th

modesty

bed

6^th

justice

vessel

7^th

rendering frequent favors

house

8^th

practicing abstraction

dwelling

9^th

charity

flower

the house of the __

is ruled by the hall of the __

its spirits are __

upwardly, amidst the __

big intestine

lungs

11

pillar of the nose

kidneys

ears

maidens

root of the tongue

p. 136 "Use the hands to pull the five toes of the feet.

It will destroy the impotence of the Hiding Rabbit," Fu T>u.

"use the ... hands to cross behind the back. It is called "tying the belt",

which will facilitate excreting ...

Use one hand to upwardly hold a rope and another hand to go downwards to hold one foot.

That will eliminate chronic hemorrhoid ...

Cross the left and right hand to pull the feet ...

That will cure vomiting ...

With both hands hold onto a rope ..., and turn upside down, with the feet upwards.

That may cure ... epilepsy."

p. 138 "interlace the fingers to embrace the knees ...

By doing this for ten years, one can be free from aging ..."

pp. 139-140 "Lie on the back ... Have both heels face each other. ...

It may remove the paralysis ..."

#

__ S^ih ("__ Corpse")

1^st

Fei (Flying)

2^nd

Tun (Fleeing)

3^rd

Fen (Wind)

4^th

C^>en (Sunken)

5^th

C^u (Pouring)

at the __ double hour

__ times

Tzu

9^2 = 81

Wu

8^2 = 64

You

5^2 = 25

Hsu:

4^2 = 16

years

tissue changed

1

breath-energy

2

blood

3

channels

4

muscles

5

marrows

6

bones

7

hair

8

tendons

9

form

in order to ingest __

from the __

for the __

drink from the __

C^>in Ya ("Green Sprout")

east

liver

Tzao Hwa ("Morning Flower")

C^u Tan ("Vermillion Elixir")

south

heart

Tan C^>ih ("Elixir Pond")

Min S^ih ("Brilliant Stone")

west

lungs

Lu Yeh ("Dew Fluid")

Hsu:an Tzu ("Mysterious Sap")

north

kidneys

Yu I ("Candied Jade")

S^ou C^in ("Guarded Essence")

centre

Li C^>u:an (Sweet Springs")

the major energy of the north is Ho C^>e ("River Cart")

the C^ia Yi of the east is C^in S^a ("Golden Gravel")

The Genuine One lieth knocking at the door of Wu C^i.

Inside it, is C^in Tzu ("golden egg"), which is the root of Huan Ya ("Yellow Sprout'), and the mother of all beings.

Their pearl will fly by itself to the top of K>un Lun.

It is to be returned to C^ian Kun ("Dark-Purple Palace"), and stay hidden there.

1^st

K>ou "snapping"

say the name of one of the stars of the Dipper: K>uei, S^uo, Huan, Hsin, Pi, Fu, P>iao

2^nd

T>uo "palm"

raise the palm of each hand 18 times

3^rd

C^an "stretching"

pull imaginary bowstring 18 times

4^th

Mo "rubbing"

rub hands [together] until warm: then apply to ears (Fa S^ui "starting the water") and to eyen (Fa Huo "starting the fire")

5^th

Yao "swaying"

sway the body 18 times

6^th

K>ai "wiping"

wipe the 2 kidney halls

7^th

Suo "rinsing"

"The number of times in not limited."

p. 184 "From the kidneys, the two columns of white vapor will go out along the spine just like a pulley.

... Start a fire to burn the magic fluid received in the lower Elixir Field.

... at the sides of the throat, there are two channels.

Those are the paths of longevity.

... Beneath the wrists, there are two channels.

Those are the channels of the four images."

pp. 184-185 "At the sides of the calves (of the legs), there are two channels.

Those are the paths of" T>ai-I ("Supreme One").

"as guests and host ... like a nest which houses the crow.

Plant them in the center [Wu C^i] and cultivate them with red snakes.

Feed them with [Pin Tin] and water them with the river cart, [He C^>e].

They will root and bear pearls."

#

name

meaning

technique

1^st

fire of longevity

heart energy: lower; raise; contract

2^nd

T>ai Yi Han C^en C^>i

Supreme One genuine energy breath

energies of lungs, heart, and liver: lower; raise; contract

3^rd

Yu: Nu: Fen T>ai

Jade Lady sharing embryo

on right, hinder breath-energy

4^th

C^ou Hou Fei C^in C^in

soaring of the golden crystal behind the elbows

energies of lungs, heart, and liver: revolve to the left and to the right 81 times

5^th

K>ai T>ien Men, Pi Ti Hu, C^uan San Kuan

opening the heavenly gate, closing the earthly window, hitting the 3 passes

"the black breath energy will entwine with the red breath energy": close the 3 passes

double-hour

Tzu

Mao

Wu

You

Ho

3

3

Hu

12

12

Hsi4

7

7

12

Hsi1

12

12

C^>ui

5

Hsu:

9

Hsu:

make fists; look upward

Hsi4

embrace knees; face upwards

Ho

interlock fingers to hand to hold back of head; face upward

C^>ui

lie on the back

Hsi1

sit; face upward

__ Huo ("__ Fire")

organ

Min (Citizen's)

testicles

C^>en (Official's)

kidneys

[Wan] (King's)

heart

honey tea

sesame-seed tea

shallot soup

fructus viticis soup

rhizoma polygonati soup

p.

time

result

203

1 d

body

2 d

dream

3 d

lower abdomen

4 d

abdomen will have noises

5 d

eyen warm

6 d

feet warm

7 d

spirits will appear

8 d

breath-energy as clouds

9 d

breath-energy flowing up & down

10 d

"the splendor of the spirits will circulate inside the body."

28 d

feel peculiar

40 d

breath-energy will increase

60 d

feel one's old self again

70 d

reach far and high

204

100 d

"light will shine on the body."

200 d

"one will be bright internally and externally."

300 d

"one will understand thoroughly the bright spirits."

400 d

"one can perceive the internal from the external."

500 d

"handle cold or heat at will."

600 d

"one can hide or show oneself freely."

700 d

"one can come and go without interference."

205

800 d

"ladies will be waited on by the jade girl and men will be waited on by the jade boy."

900 d

see 10,000 li away, and "know everything.

9 y

"one will be immortalized."

12 y

become a perfected Taoist

120 y

"rule the spirits"

direction

locale

above

the Yellow Court

below

Kuan Yu:an ("the Primordial Pass")

rear

You C^>u:eh ("the Dark Mysterious Gate Towers")

front

Min Men ("the Life-Gate")

p.

locale

deity

feature

221

Yu: C^>ih ("the Jade Pond")

Lin Ken ("the Miraculous Root")

Yellow Court

wearer of vermilion clothes

the Dark Mysterious Gate Towers

222

C^un C^>ih ("Middle Pond")

scholar wearing red clothes

S^en Lu ("the Divine Hut")

Residence [foot-long, p. 223]

scholar always wearing dark-scarlet clothes

Yu: S^u ("the Jade Tree")

222-223

Yu: Fan ("Jade Chamber")

the Prince (?= immortal Tzu Tan)

Lin Tan ("the Divine Terrace")

223

K>un Lun = king of the mountains

[Purple Palace & Red Storeyed Building, p. 225]

Middle Pond

Prince of the Red Town

C^ian Kun ("Dark Scarlet Palace")

storeyed tower having 12 steps

Jade Chamber

"one's bright spirits will arrive."

T>ai Ts>an ("the Great Warehouse")

"By commanding the [6 Tin-s,] the goddesses will come to pay respect."

p.

golden object

224

"one can go into the Gold Room, and going in and out the sun and moon will be one's usual routes."

225

"A pearl is suspended in [Hsu:an C^i,] the Jade Armillary Sphere, which has links without ends. The quick female with the gold lock keeps the energy ..."

225-226

"Guide the breath energy as a tortoise does to send it to the Miraculous Root. Inside it there is a perfected immortal wearing a golden scarf, carrying an armor, and holding a tally to open seven doors."

pp. 226- 227

pp. 227-228

p. 228

of the energy of the liver:

of the energy of the lungs:

of the energy of the spleen:

p. 226 waiteth on Heaven-&-Earth

p. 227 waiteth on "the familiar Tao"

San C^iao ("the 3 Cooking-Vessels")

San C^iao ("the 3 Cooking-Vessels")

"flow like springs" [of water]

"the Sweet Spring" [of water]

"the Mysterious Root ... will never go dry."

p. 227 hideth in Hsu:an Men ("the Dark and Mysterious Gate")

hideth at the Heavenly Gate

shutteth S^en Men ("the Gate of life"), "which is like the Jade Capital."

p. 228 C^ian Kun ("the Dark-Scarlet Palace") with purple flowers

C^un Kun ("the Central Palace")

under Hua Kai ("the Ornate Canopy")

under the Ornate Canopy

entereth the sea, in order to reflect one's form

Hua C^>ih ("the Splendid Pond")

S^en Lu ("the Divine Hut') [cf. Divine Hut at pond, p. 222]

the Elixir Field

commandeth "various spirits" to "open the Gate of Life"

"directing all the spirits"

"Then Yin and Yang display themselves like meteors."

"When the two spirits match and fit, they will produce [Yu: Yin,] the Jade Glory."

"ciculates like links without end."

"Then, it hides in [T>ai Yin,] the Extreme Yin".

purple misty clouds in the Superior Clarity.

directions [from the Jui C^u: Palace]

entities

up above

divine souls & spirits

down below

the Primordial Pass

on the left

the Minor Yan

on the right

the Great Yin

in the rear

the Mysterious Windows

in the front

the Door of Life

effects of the purple smoke:

action

the affectee

going up and down to communicate with

the 3 Elemental Clouds

irrigating

the 5 flowering plants

planting

Lin Ken ("the Miraculous Root")

other activities:-

flowing of the 7 fluids:

up to the Thatched Hut

the Revolving Purple and by the Enfolding Yellow:

into the Elixir Field

the Dark Room will be bright internally:

to illumine Yan Men ("Yan Gate")

Yu: C^>ih ("Jade Pond") = T>ai Ho Kun ("Supreme Harmony Palace"),

fragrant as orchids.

ascend the Kuan Han Palace of Immortals,

amid thunders & lightnings.

inside the Yellow Court: a being decorated with purple flowers

tree

Yu: Yu:eh ("Jade Flute")

shut

Golden Pass

closed

Mysterious Springs

profound

Dark Gate Towers

remote

Majestically-Storeyed Hall

august

Heavenly Court

Earthly Pass

Divine Terrace

fortified

carrying a tigre-charm

hidden magic fungi

mountain in the sky

is visited by

the Jade Emperor

Flowery Canopy

sheltereth

the bright pearls

sun & moon

illuminate

the 9 remote dark places, up to the Primordial Void

in the Residence

is to be seen

a red-clad perfected immortal

the Bank of Life & Death

is

Hsu:an Yin

2 types of energy

go brilliantly back & forth between

the Blue & the Black

the spirit of the __

is __

styled __

hair

Ts>an Hua ("Grey Splendor")

T>ai Yu:an ("Grand Primordium")

brain

C^in Ken ("Root of the Essence")

Ni Wan ("Mud Ball")

eyen

Min S^an ("Top Brilliance")

Yin Hsu:an ("Brilliant Profundity")

nose

Yu: Lun ("Jade Mound")

Lin C^ien ("Divine Citadel")

ears

K>un Hsien ("Spatious Leisure")

You T>ien ("Remote Field")

tongue

T>un Min ("Mastering Life")

C^en Lun ("Proper Relations")

teeth

E Fen ("Cliff's Edge")

Lo C^>ien ("Gathering Myriads")

each of the 9 spirits of the Mudball hath its own chamber of 1 cubic inch; and weareth purple clothes.

the spirit of the __

is __

styled __

heart

Tan Yu:an ("Red Primordium")

S^ou Lin ("Guarding the Divinity")

lungs

Hao Hua ("White Splendor")

Hsu: C^>en ("Empty Success")

liver

Lun Yen ("Dragon's Smoke")

Han Min ("Holding Brilliance")

kidneys

Hsu:an Min ("Mysterious Darkness")

Yu: Yin ("Nursing Baby")

spleen

C^>an Tzai ("Constant Existence")

Hun T>in ("the Soul's Stop")

gall-bladder

Lun Yao ("the Dragon's Shine")

Wei Min ("August Brilliance")

palace of the lungs = ornate canopy, under which there is a child sitting by Yu: C^>u:eh ("the Jade Gate"),

"child of the primordial seven", corresponding with the Middle Mountain:

wearing white brocade clothes with yellow misty sashes decorated with clouds:

he is to be thought of as "the White Primordium"

in the palace of the heart = waterlily-bud, is the child Tan Yu:an ("the Red Primordium"):

wearing red brocade clothes with a silk jade-colored shawl, with gold bells & vermilion sashes.

he can produce Yu: Hua ("Jade Splendor")

one is able to soar to T>ai Hsia ("Grand Glowing Clouds")

in the palace of the liver, is a green child:

wearing green brocade clothes, with jade bells.

he praesideth "over various mirrors at important passes":

to guard Wu Yin ("No Splendor"), thought of on one's death-bed, for one's resurrection

the palace of the kidneys consisteth of 2 "circular, dark and mysterious gate towers. In the dark upper part of each there is a child," who regulateth the 6 receptacles and the sources of the 9 fluids.

"They wear grey cloud-like brocade clothes and brandish their dragon-banners."

"Upwardly, they send their regards to the bright rosy clouds and the smokes of the sun and the moon.

... think ... these two kings ... across the Gate of Life."

in the palace of the spleen, on a golden terrace in a citadel of 9 storeys, is a bright child:

wearing jaded yellow brocade clothes with a tiger emblem.

he correspondeth with the One-Foot-Long Residence, so that

the face will be lustrous {like that of Mos^eh, who "wist not that the skin of his face shone"}

in the palace of the gall-bladder, regulating the grains & flavors, is a child shining brilliantly:

wearing 9-colored brocade clothes, green-&-flowered, also gold & jade, with dragon-&-tiger ornaments

dragon-flags, tiger soldiers; he correspondeth to the pupils of the eyen & bridge of nose;

one can ride the celebrating clouds, command spirits, and pay respects to the 3 Primordials

the spleen is governed by Lao C^u:n ("Elder Ruler"), who is styled Lin Yu:an ("Divine Primordium"), and named Hun K>an ("mixture for health"):

wearing yellow clothes with purple sashes, and dragon-&-tiger emblems. The 3 elders sit together. Father & Mother gaze at each other.

kernels of peaches, in "repose of peaches", linger as 9:

by Ts>un Ssu ("meditating-&-guarding"), ascend via C^in Li ("Golden Sweet Spring") and Yu: Yin ("Jade Glory")

upwardly observe the 3 Primordials shining as strung pearls.

wear clothes with phoinix-designs and hold the tiger-amulet.

jade trees tall with branches 1000s of feet in length.

life registered in the "book of the heavenly emperor." {= Book of Life, in Apokalypsis}

the Divine Terrace, receiving from Tun Fan (the "Innermost Chamber"), hath purple doors & windows for divinities: on the left is the divine prince speaking the divine language; on the right is Pai Yu:an ("White Primordium")

there are Min T>an ("the Bright Hall"), C^in Kuei ("the Golden Cupboard"), and Yu: Fan ("the Jade Chamber").

immortal S^an C^>in

is red, and wearing yellow clothes

the 3 passes:

heavenly, controlling vital energy; earthly = door of life; manly, controlling prosperity & decline

while the 3 Palaces keep & guard Hsu:an Tan ("the Mysterious Elixir"), then T<ai I ("the Supreme One") and Liu C^u ("Rolling Pearls") stay on mt. K>un Lun:

the Jade Hall and the Dark Scarlet Building are the mysterious palaces, like unto a jade armillary sphaere.

the Red Emperor, the Yellow Elder, and my superior souls share a room & a ford

the energies of sun & moon soar in Ti Hsian (the "emperor's native place"), to the edge of the earthly window

exhale & inhale: the elder hsien & his son

vermilion bird at the white stones

9 thoroughfares are bright

constellation beneath the golden room

Pa Ssu ("8 elemental spirits")

madam Ni-wan ("Mudball")

C^>an Ku ("Long Valley")

Hsu:an Hsian ("Mysterious Countries")

the 6 dragons soar scramblingly

the 3 divinities will be destroyed

blocking the essence

guarding the images

the 3 wonders [c^in "essence", c^>i "vital energy", & S^en "the spirits")

enter S^an C^>in ("Superior Clarity")

the 3 chambers are connected

"no distinction of inside or outside"

5 sprouts

6 Tin spirits

the 3 Officials are close-by

the 9 major chambers are void

guard 100s of thoughts

soar amongst the clouds

study Tun Hsu:an ("Innermost Mysterious and Profound")

and the Jade Canon

the 8 views

the 24 perfected immortals

"inaction like a high arch"

"behind the curtains in the purple chamber"

the 3 & the 5 profound & mysterious spirits

in front of Yu: Hua ("Jade Splendor")

enter the Grand Room

and the gate of Hsu:an C^i (the Jade Armillary Sphaere)

"Hide the view and conceal the form. ...

By retaining the vital energy and cultivating the essence ..."

"one can maintain the unoccupying void."

"By holding and maintaining nature and life"

"From being a recluse, one can enjoy the happiness of the three divine spirits."

be able to ride S^u Hsu: (a divine dragon)

"One will wear a suit of an immortal's clothes with feathers and plumes

and ride with the eight winds.

One will drive San Ssu [an immortal's carriage]

and ride on the morning's glowing rosy clouds."

"the technique of hiding in the earth

and revolving with eights

to have the oxen prostrate in"

Hsu:an C^>u:eh ("the Dark & Mysterious Gate-Towers")

"The three luminaries rise from the border of life and death."

The Innermost Chamber guardeth the divine images of the constellations, the sun, and the moon.

Yu: I ("Exuberant Deportment") and

C^ieh Lin ("Crystalizing Brilliance")

"one can see the elder of" Yu: C^>in Hsu: Wu ("Jade Clarity Void-Realm")

"One will have the magic fungus in the mouth and" hold the 5 stars.

One will carry the tigre-amulet and wear gold ornaments.

"One can ride the divine dragon" S^u Hsu: and feast on the immortals' island in the East Sea.