text

chapters

TT

Wu-s`an Pi-yao ("The Most Important Things There Are in the Secret Books of the Tao Which Hath No Superior")

100

768-79

San-tun C^u-nan ("The Bag of Pearls of the 3 Depths")

10

780-82

p.

text

TT

316

Huan-t>in Yu:-c^in ("Jade Book of the Yellow Court")

168

317, fn. 17

Huan-t>in Wai-c^in ("Exoteric Book of the Yellow Court")

?

Huan-t>in Nei-c^in ("Esoteric Book of the Yellow Court")

328

316-7

Ta-tun Yu:-c^in ("Jade Book of the Great Depth")

18

317, fn. 17

Ta-tun C^en-c^in ("Genuine Book of the Great Depth")

16-17

317

Ta-yu Miao-c^in ("Marvelous Book of the Ta-yu [Heaven]")

1026

C^>i-c^uan C^>i-pien Tun-c^in ("Profound Book of the 7 Transformations & the 7 Changes")

1030

C^in-c^>u:eh Ti-c^u:n San-yu:an C^en-yi C^in ("Book of the 3 Original Genuine Ones, by the Imperial Lord of the Golden Portico")

876

San-t>ien C^en-fa C^in ("Book of the Correct Law in the 3 Heavens")

876

location

__ Kun

__ Palace

below, at the entry

Min-t>an

Government-Hall

behind it

Tun-fan

Arcane Chamber

behind that

Ni-huan

Cinnabar Field

behind that

Liu-c^u

"Moving Pearl" (i.e., quicksilver)

at the rear

Yu:-ti

Jade Emperor

above, in front

T>ien-t>in

Caelestial Court

behind it

T>ai-c^i C^en

Great-Pinnacle Reality

behind that, which is just above the Cinnabar-Field Palace

Hsu:an-tan

Mysterious Cinnabar

at the rear

T>ai-huan

Great Majesty

in thorax

aedifice

location

Little Gate of Storeys

trachea

Hall of Government

[lungs?]

Palace of the Moving Pearl

heart

Cinnabar Field

3" inward

in abdomen

Hall of Government

spleen

Cinnabar Field

3" below navel

reference

meaning of book's name

cubicle (Palace)

to its right

to its left

T>ai-s^an Su-lin Tun-yu:an Ta-tu Miao-c^in (TT 1026) 16a-17a

Very-High Transcendent-Simpleness Great-Being Arcanic-Original Marvellous-Book

entry to Upper Cinnabar Field

Huan-c^u:eh ("Yellow Portico")

C^ian-t>ai ("Scarlet Terrace")

Huan-t>in Nei-c^in C^en-c^in (TT 190), sect. 6

below:- Hua-kai ("Flowered Canopy") = eyebrows

Hao-c^>in Fu ('White Purity Hall')

C^>in-fan ("Green Chamber")

behind:- Purple Chamber = Arcane Chamber

Hsu:an-c^in S^e ('Mysterious Essence Dwelling')

Yu-c^>u:eh ("Dark Portico")

Ten-c^en Yin-c^u:eh (TT 193) cap. 1, 11a

Secret Formula for Raising One's Self to the Position of a Perfect

not the Hall of Government

Huan-c^u:eh ("Yellow Portico")

Tzu-hu ("Purple Entry")

reference

structure

identity

location

T>ai-s^an Tun-fan Nei-c^in C^u (TT 59) 1a-2b; Ta-tun Yu:-c^in (TT 16), cap. 1

Hou-hu (Little Back-Gate)

hollow at nape of neck

crosseth the "Jade Bone of the Cross-beam"

T>ai-s^an Huan-t>in C^un-c^in C^in 10a

Transcendent Terrace

heart

below the Flowered Canopy (lungs)

C^in-s^e (Golden Dwelling)

not far from navel

Yin-c^>en (Silver City)

C^u-lou (Vermilion Tower)

Huan-t>in Nei-c^in Yu:-c^in

C^>an-c^>en (Great Wall)

middle of belly

ibid.

Yu-c^>u:eh (Dark Portico)

communicating with ears

space between the kidneys

Lao-tzu C^un-c^in, cap. 1

Ta-hai (Ocean)

divine tortoise who exhaleth Original Breath

Jo-s^ui ("weak water" = bladder)

reversions

time required

1

3 years

2

2 y.

3

1 y.

4

1/2 y.

5

100 days

6

40 d.

7

30 d.

8

10 d.

9

3 d.

#

"Worm"

in "__ Palace"

aetiology of __ (ailment)

1^st

C^>in-ku ("Old Blue")

Ni-huan (upper Cinnabar Field)

blindness, deafness, baldness, tooth-loss

2^nd

Pai-ku ("White Maiden")

C^ian-kun (middle Cinnabar Field)

heart-palpitations, asthma

3^rd

Hsu:eh-s^ih ("Bloody Corpse")

(lower Cinnabar Field)

bone-drying, skin-withering, rheumatism

p.

authority

quality

ingredients

336

C^ou Yi-s^an, in the TCNC (TT 152) 4b

5 ounces

aconite

7/10 bushel

hemp-seed

6 ounces

rehmannia glutinosa

7 inches

xanthoxylum root

7 ounces

smilax

4 ounces

cinnamon

5 ounces

agaric

1

rattan root

337

Sun Ssu-mo, in the Sun C^en-jen Pei-c^i C^>ien-c^in Yao-fan (TT 818), cap. 82, 10b

2/10 bushel

sumac

6 ounces

dried rhubarb

3/10 bushel

turnip seed

p.

body-part of Lao-c^un

became __

340

left eye

sun

right eye

moon

head

mt. K>un-lun

beard {cf. tresses of divine beard in Zohar}

planets and heavenly mansions

bones

dragons

flesh

4-footed animals

intestines

serpents

belly

sea

fingers

5 peaks {cf. fingers as mountains in Monkey}

hairs

trees & grasses

heart

[the constellation] Flowery Canopy

2 kidneys, "uniting

became the "Father and the Mother of the Real", C^en-yao Fu-mu

340, fn. 59

liver

[the constellation] C^>in-ti-kun ('Green-Lord's Palace')

lungs

[the constellation] Tzu-wei-kun ('Purple-Tenuity Palace')

p. 340, fn. 59 Lao-jun was thus upside-down, having been "thrown from Heaven to Earth head down".

"it was agreed that Tri-s`anku, an immortal, should hang with his head downwards, and shine among some stars newly called into being by Vis`vamitra." (according to the Rama-ayana -- S)

head

the 4 Peaks

eyen

sun & moon

fat

rivers & seas

hair & beard

grasses & trees

the 4 Peaks

head

Eastern

belly

Central

left arm

Southern

right arm

Northern

feet

Western

tears

rivers

breath

wind

voice

thunder

pupil of eyen

light

p.

topography

identity

341

Long Valley

nose

Dark District

kidneys

Suburbs

5 viscera

Countryside

6 receptacles

Kuan-yu:an ('Barrier's Origin')

"double door which is closed with a key and guarded by the gods of the spleen, both clad in red."

342

C^>i-hai ('Breath's Ocean')

3 inches below the navel

Palace

brain

the divinity of the __

hath for sobriquet __

meaning

hair

Hsu:n-c^ih

Unfolded

2 eyen

Yin-min

Abundant Light

top of head

Tun-wan-fu

East King Father

entryways of the neck-nape

Lord of the ni-huan

space between eyebrows

Yu:an-kuan

Original Briliance

2 ears

C^iao-nu:

central

T>ai-yi

Great One

nostrils

T>un-lu

Hut for Communication

interior of mouth

Tan-c^u

Cinnabar Pearl

s^an-yu:an ("upper original")

Wei-c^>en

Majestic Achievement

c^un-yu:an ("middle original")

Huan-tzu

Yellowness-Master

hsia-yu:an ("lower original")

Min-kuan-tzu

Flash-of-Fate Master

group

#

deity

sobriquet

of the __

1^st

1^st

C^u:eh-yu:an ('Awakened Original')

Tao-tu ('Way Metropolis')

brain

2^nd

Hsu:an-wen-hua ('Mysterious-Signs Flower'}

Tao-hsin ('Way's Conduct')

hair

3^rd

T>un-c^un ('All Communicate')

Tao-lien ('Way's Bond')

skin

4^th

Hsu:-c^ien-s^en ("Inspector of the Void")

Tao-t>un ('Way's Adolescent [/ Pupil, fn. 79]')

eyen

5^th

Lin-mo-kai ('Transcendent-Counsels Canopy')

Tao-c^ou ('Way's Circuit')

nape of the neck

6^th

Kai-li-fu ('Canopy's Support')

Tao-c^u ('Way's Column')

vertebral column

7^th

nose

8^th

tongue

2^nd

1^st

throat

2^nd

heart

3^rd

liver

4^th

gallbladder

5^th

left kidney

6^th

right kidney

7^th

spleen

8^th

stomach

3^rd

1^st

c^>iun-c^>an

2^nd

large intestine

3^rd

small intestine

4^th

bladder

5^th

diaphragm

6^th

flanks

7^th

left testicle (or ovary)

8^th

right testicle (or ovary)

# of deities in group

name of group of deities

meaning of name

function of deities

location

6

S^an-yu:an Su-yu:-c^u:n

Higher-Originals Simplicity Jade Lords

guard the 12-span bridge

lungs

12

T>in-c^an C^en-jen

Gate-Keeper Perfect-Men

praeside "over the rising and falling of the breath"

trachea

1

T>ien-c^in Yi-c^u:n

Caelestial-Essence Fluid's Lord

guardeth the "openings in the four extremities of the chest."

above the dent in the heart

5

Yan-kuan-c^u:n

Clarity-Nourishing Lords

"guard the Entryway at the root of the throat."

spleen

4

C^>in-min-c^u:n

Green-Light Lords

"guard the Entryway to the hollow of the Stomach underneath the diaphragm"

liver

7

"guard the Entryway of the Jade Barrier of the bottom bone in the back."

the 2 kidneys

2

"guard the pylorus"

stomach

8

gallbladder

p.

authority

deity

structure

nature

349

T>ai-s^an Tun-fan Nei-c^in C^u (TT 59)

C^>in-t>un ('Green Youth')

Green Judgement-Hall

left eye

+Pai-su Yu:-Nu: ('White-Simplicity Jade-Girl')

White-Purity Judgement-Hall

right eye

350

T>ai-s^an Tao-c^u:n S^ou-yu:an-tan S^an-c^in ('Very-High Way-Lord Original-Cinnabar-Guard Supreme-Book'), in T>ai-s^an Su-lin Tun-yu:an Ta-yu Miao-c^in 12b-22a

Min-t>un C^en-c^u:n ('Genuine-Young Light-Lord')

to the left in the Palace of the Hall of Government

newborn infants, blue-gown-clad, red-jade bells from belts, holding in mouth mirror of red jade

Hsu:an-yan ('Mysterious Yan')

S^ao-c^>in ('Little Green')

+Min-nu: C^en-kuan ('Light-Daughter Genuine-Official')

to the right in the Palace of the Hall of Government

+Wei-yin ('Subtle Yin')

+S^ao-yu:an ('Little Original')

Min-c^ien S^en-c^u:n ('Light-Mirror Divine-Lord')

in the middle of the Palace of the Hall of Government

C^ao-c^in ('Resplendent Essence')

Ssu-min ('4 Lights')

T>ai-s^an T>un-fan Nei-c^in C^u (TT 59) 2b-3b

Wu-yin-c^u:n ('Unpraecedented Lord')

to the left in the Arcane Chamber

flowered-purple capped, golden bells from belts, dragon-embroidered robes

Pai-yu:an-c^u:n ('White Original Lord')

to the right in the Arcane Chamber

Huan-lao-c^u:n ('Yellow Old Lord')

in the middle in the Arcane Chamber

Ssu-min ('Director of Destiny')

Palace of the Moving Pearl

T>ai-c^i-c^>in ('Great Summit Minister')

351

Upper One: C^>ih-tzu Ti-c^u:n ('Newborn Imperial-Lord') {cf. 'Newborn Thunderbolt' in Popol Vuh}

Ni-huan Palace

Middle One: C^en-jen ('Perfect Man')

Scarlet Palace

Lower One: Yin-erh ('Baby')

Lower Cinnabar Field

T>ai-s^an Tao-c^u:n S^ou-yu:an-tan S^an-c^in ('Very-High Way-Lord Original-Cinnabar-Guard Supreme-Book'), in T>ai-s^an Su-lin Tun-yu:an Ta-yu Miao-c^in 12a & 31b & 35b

Real Lord Great One, who hath "no assistants" {cf. "no associates" with >al-Lahh, according to Qur>an}

Hsu:an-tan Kun ('Mysterious-Cinnabar Palace')

on golden throne, from belt a substanceless bell of red light emitting a sound "heard for 10,000 leagues" {cf. divine light as sound in Radha Swami}

divine Mother of Jade Purity

Palace of the Jade Emperor

Real Mother of Superior Purity

Palace of the Heavenly Court

Queen of the Emperor of the Great Absolute

Palace of the Great Summit

351-2

Very High Empress

Palace of the Great Majestic

__ Heaven

is that of the __-c^>i ('__ Breath')

p. 353, fn. 92

Pure Tenuity

S^ih (Beginning)

p. 353, fn. 93

Yu:-yu:

Yu:an (Original)

p. 353, fn. 94

Great Red

Hsu:an (Mysterious)

p. 353, fn. 95 according to the T>ai-su San-yu:an C^u:n ('Great Simpleness 3-Original Ladies') 5b, these 3 Ladies were daughters of Great Simpleness Princess.]

p. 353, fn. 95

+__-su Yu:an-c^u:n ('__ Simpleness Lady')

was mother of __-__-c^u:n ('__ __ Lord')

Pai ('White'}

Pai-yu:an ('White Original')

Huan ('Yellow')

Huan-lao ('Yellow Old')

Tzu ('Purple')

Wu-yin ('None [More] Brilliant')

p. 353, fn. 96

in the Chamber-of-Profundity Palace

3,000 __-__ ('__ __')

Yu:-__ ('Jade __')

C^in-c^>en(?) ('Golden Dawn(?)')

-t>un ('Adolescents')

Hsi-hua ('Western Flowering')

-nu: ('Maidens')

p. 354

in the Yu:-tien (‘Jade Hall’) of the C^>iun-kun (‘Red Jade Palace’)

T>ai-s^an Ta-tao-c^u:n (‘Very High Lords of the Great Tao’)

each in the 8 Regions : totalling 24 Yu:-huan C^ih C^u:n (‘Lord Jade Majesties’)

p.

authority

deity

titles

description

356

T>ai-s^an Lao-c^u:n C^u-kun Yu:-li (‘Very-High Old-Lord Pearl-Palace Jade-List’) (= TT 239) [cf. YCCC, cap. 18-19] (listing 55 deities)

T>ai-yi (‘Great One’)

Father of the Tao; Yu:an-c^>i (‘Original Breath’)

human-headed 5-colored cock, wearing dark-yellow garment of pearls

Wu-c^I T>ai-s^an Yu:an-c^u:n (‘Not-Limited Very-High Original-Sovereign’)

Tao-c^u:n (‘Way-Sovereign’); son of the Great One

9-headed (or 9 men), all clad in garments of 5-colored pearls, wearing headdresses of the 9 Virtues

Tun-wan-fu (‘East-King-Father’)

f.n. Wu-wei (‘Non-Action’); s. C^u:n-c^ieh (‘Sovereign-Deliverance’)

clad in garment of 5-colored pearls, wearing 3-seamed cap

+Hsi-wan-mu (‘West-Queen-Mother’)

f.n. Tzu-jan (‘Spontaneity’); s. C^u:n-ssu (‘Sovereign Thought’)

ruling on earth at mt. Kun-lun with its 9-storeyed Metal City; and ruling in heaven at the Purple Chamber of the Flowery Canopy

356-7

1^st One

Tao-c^u:n (‘Way-Sovereign’), Huan-t>ien S^an-ti (‘Majestic Heaven High-Lord’) = C^un-c^i Pei-c^>en C^un-yan (‘North-Pole Central-Star’) in Ta-yu:an Tzu-fan (‘Great-Abyss Purple-Chamber’)

accompanied by T>ien-hun = Lao-tzu; & by T>ien-p>o = Ta-ho (‘Great Harmony’)

357

2^nd One = 1^st Duke

T>ai-wei (‘Grand-Constable’) = Nan-c^i (‘South Pole’)

praesiding over calamities, over destiny of the state and of dynasties

3^rd One

C^un-c^i Huan-lao (‘Central Pole Yellow-Old’) of the Central Bushel [constellation]

2^nd Duke

Ssu-t>u (‘Director of Multitudes’)

3^rd Duke

Ssu-k>un (‘Director of Works’)

S^ih-jih S^ih-yu:eh C^ih C^in (‘Sun-eating & Moon-eating Essences’)

producing eclipses of sun & of moon

Ta-tun C^en-c^in (‘Great-Arcana Genuine-Book’) (= TT 16-17) (listing 39 deities)

Great One

Kao-s^an Hsu:-huan C^u:n (‘Eminently-Supreme Vacuity-Majestic Sovereign’)

beyond the Yi-yu gate (Northwest gate of heaven)

T>ai-huan Yu:-hsu: C^u:n (‘Supreme Majesties Jade-Vacuity Sovereigns’)

"the Male and Female principles of the Sovereign One"

Huan-s^an Yu:ti C^u:n (‘Majestically-Supreme Jade-Emperor Sovereign’)

possessor of the banner of Mysteriously Supreme, wherewith are convoked the Immortals and the hierarchical degrees in the 9 heavens are regulated

in Yu:-c^>in-t>ien (‘Jade-Purity-Heaven’), on terrace having pinelike trees the flowers whereof impart the brilliance of gold of those who eat them

S`an-huan Hsien-s`en Tzu-c^>en C^u:n (‘Supremely Majestic First-Born of the Purple-Aurora Sovereign’)

in the Jade-Purity Heaven

357-8

T>ai-wei T>ien-ti C^u:n (‘Great-Tenuity Heavenly-Imperial Sovereign’)

behind the Red Jade Gate in the Palace of Purple Tenuity

358

San-yu:an (‘the 3 Originals’)

Tzu-c^in C^u:n (‘Purple-Essence Sovereigns’)

in the Jade-Purity Heaven

S`an-yu:an

T>ai-su San-yu:an C^u:n (‘Great-Simpleness 3-Originals Sovereigns’)

T>ai-c^>in Ta-tao C^u:n (Great-Purity Great-Way Sovereign’)

who governeth the kings in the 3 Heavens

Ssu-min (‘Director of Destiny’)

in the Palace of Jade Vacuity

C^in-C^>u:eh (‘Gold Portico’)

Tun-hua Fan-c^u-kun Kao-c^>en-s^ih Yu:-pao Hsien-wan (‘eastern-flower moon-palace high-aurora jade-protection immortals’-king’)

who praesideth over the palaces of the Immortals

p.

rank

__ Palace

deity in central place

358

1^st

Jade Purity

Lord of the Way of Majestic Vacuity = Caelestial Venerable of the Original Beginning

2^nd

Supreme Purity

Very High Lord of the Great Way = Mysterious Majesty of the Jade Aurora = Eminent Saint of Supreme Purity

3^rd

Great Summit

Imperial Lord of the Golden Portico

4^th

Great Purity

[2 divinities:-] (1) Very High Lao-c^u:n (‘Old Lord’) of Great Purity; (2) Majestic Supreme Lord of the Great Unexcelled Way

5^th

?

358-9

6^th

[The 9 Palaces]

Immortal of the Palace of the Great Summit

359

7^th

Fen-tu

Great Lord of the Northern Yin

359

deities in the place to the left

1^st

Eminently Supreme Born-of-Chaos Lord of the Way of the 5 Transcendents [5 planets] and the 7 Luminaries [7 stars of the Big Dipper]

2^nd

Majestic Immortal Mysteriously Supreme

3^rd

4^th

5^th

6^th

7^th

359

deities in the place to the right

1^st

The 2 "Lords of the Great One": (1) Lord Great One of Jade Heaven; (2) Jade Lord Great One

2^nd

Lao Tun

3^rd

4^th

5^th

6^th

7^th

p.

in/at the __ is

__ Palace

which is the Breath of the Original __

keepeth the register of __ men & women

hath the__ C^ih Fu (Charm for __)

362

centre

Purple Tenuity (with the 7 Jewels)

Green

Yen-min (Prolonging Life)

363

left-hand

Left (of the Great Absolute)

Yellow

Perfect

C^ao-lin (Summoning back the Spirit)

right-hand

Right (of the Great Absolute)

White

Immortal

Min-c^en (Illuminating the Real)

T>ai-hsu:an S`an-fu (‘Great-Mystery Upper-Hall’)

in/at the __ is

__-fu (‘__ Judgement-Hall’)

for the __-kun (__ Palace)

registry

its director : __-kuan (‘__ Official’)

362

left-hand

Tso (Left)

S`en (Life)

Huo (Fire)

right-hand

Yu (Right)

Ssu (Death)

S^ui (Water)

362-3

centre

C^un (Central)

Of Sins of Life & Death

Fen-tao (‘Wind-Sword’) [cutteth "all the joints at the moment of death" (p. 363, fn. 110) – cf. souls at joints of body, as believed on Borneo]

pp. 368-9 (YCCC 50:11a) successive stages

one’s self

p. 368 keeping the One

Essence will spread everywhere

p. 369 The 3 Originals will become visible

The White Breath will be transformed

The Embryo will be born by itself

1,000 chariots & 10,000 horsemen appear

ascend via canopied cloud-chariot to Heaven

p. 369 (YCCC 50:16a-17a) method of keeping the One

__ times

Sit facing east

Breathe

9

Swallow saliva

35

Stars of Big Dipper come down upon head:-

positions relative to one’s own location

The 2 stars of the Yin-c^in C^en-jen (‘Yin-Essence Perfect-Men’)

draw nigh unto the top of the head.

The 2 stars of Yan Min (‘Yan Clarity’) and of Hsu:an Min (‘Mysterious Darkness’)

are then above.

The 2 stars of Yan Clarity and of Yin Essence

are behind.

Hsu:an-min C^en-jen (‘Mysterious-Darkness Perfect-Man’)

is in front.

p. 369-70 emergence, from within, of:-

p. 369 The Venerable Lords of the 3 Ones; and also The 3 Ministers: These 6 all ascent together, towards the east they reach the Gate of Heaven

towards the mouth.

S`an-yu:an (‘Higher Original’) with Higher Minister

entering mouth, rise to Ni-huan Palace (in brain).

Middle Original with Middle Minister

entering mouth, go to the Satin Palace (in chest).

p. 369-70 Lower Original with Lower Minister

entering mouth, go to Hsia-tan-t>ien (‘Lower Cinnabar field’).

p. 370 another star

T>ien-kuan hsin (‘Heaven-Gate star’)

placeth itself 7 paces in front of mouth.

locating one’s self

divine abode

On high

The 9 Heavens

In the middle

Mt. K>un-lun

Go outside through

the Yellow Portico

Come within

the Purple Pavilion

Below, together with the other 2 divine Lords, enter

the Eastern Chamber (of the brain)

Rule, with majesty,

The 3 spaces of an inch (Cinnabar Fields)

p. 371 deity

p. 372 relative location

Wu-yin-c^u:n (‘Peerless Excellence Lord’)

in the middle

Po-yu:an-c^u:n (‘White Original Lord’)

to the right

Huan-lao-c^u:n (‘Yellow Old Lord’)

to the left