term

meaning

yu:-c^in ('jade shaft')

nan-c^in ('male shaft')

c^>in-hsien ('lute string')

'female vagina'

ku-s^ih ('wheat grain')

cervix of uterus

prayer for sexual intercourse : "May the __ !"

Pai-yu:an C^in-c^in ('White-Original Metal-Essence') spread life among my 5 Flowers [5 viscera]

C^un-yan Huan-lao-c^u:n ('Centre Yellow-Old-Lord') harmonize my hun ('souls'), and put my Essence in order

the Great Essence of Supreme Majesty, coagulating the liquids, make the Transcendent hard as bone

the 6 breaths of the Great Actual Without Superior coil up within

the Mysterious Old Man of Superior Essence make the Essence to restore my brain

fixation of the spirit during orgasm, differing for males & for females

action

for males

for females

keep the spirit fixed upon __

kidneys

heart

distilling the __

breath

an immutable fire

causing the Breath to move __

along the spinal column, against the current, to ni-huan

descending from the 2 teats to the kidneys, whence ascending [along the spinal column ??] to ni-huan

text

exposition by Lian-c^>iu-tzu

p. 524 "Mysterious Chest [Coffer]"

{= voicebox?}

"Breath Tube"

p. 524, fn. 29 trachea

"In the house there is a nobleman clad in scarlet"

p. 524, fn. 31 in heart is a spirit

p. 525 keeping it (suspended by chain from crossways)

p. 525, fn. 34 spirit of spleen

p. 526 Lin-t>ai ('Transcendent Terrace')

p. 526, fn. 47 "near the heart" (pericardium?)

p. 527 "the Barrier'

{= diaphragm?}

"the Gate and the Wicket of the Spirits" [fn. 50 = "the Yellow Portal and the Purple Wicket" of the T>ai-s^an Tun-fan Nei-c^in C^u 2a]

p. 528 "the Princes have taught me."

p. 528, fn. 52 the Grand Constable Duke, the Duke Director of the Masses, and the Duke Director of Works

"From the Government Chamber … flow out

p. 528, fn. 53 [the 1^st of the 9 Palaces]

towards the four seas.

{= the bodily umores ?}

The Perfect Man, Tzu-tan, is before me"

p. 528, fn. 56 C^>ih-tzu

"the Three Barriers"

p. 528, fn. 57 [Caelestial, Terrestrial, and Human]

"skull"

p. 528, fn. 58 mt. K>un-lun

reference

text

Yu:-fan C^ih-yao 1b

p. 529 quotation from C^>in-niu ('Green Ox') Tao-s^ih advocating numerous sexual partners

Yan-hsin Yen-min Lu cap. 2, 9b

p. 529 retaining youthfulness of 12 partners

p. 530 10,000-years' lifespan for 9 * 12 partners

#

prohibition

consequence to child

1^st

1^st & last nights, 1^st & last quarter, full moon

malformed

2^nd

thunder, gale

abscesses

3^rd

having just eaten

idiot

4^th

having just urinated

very ugly

5^th

very tired

will die praematurely

6^th

having just washed the hair

incomplete

7^th

[neglecting to have sexual intercourse when sexually excited]

[for the parent, not the child: internal lesions]

c^i ('prohibition')

consequence

of Heaven

ta-han ('great cold')

sickness of perpetrators; their children will not live

ta-s^u ('great heat')

great rains

eclipses of sun & of moon

earthquakes

thunder

lightning

of Man

joy

anger

sadness

pity

fear

terror

of Earth

mountain

watercourse

sacred mound

grain-stack

a well

hearth

having swallowed remedies without curing ailments

will do themselves injury

on the yu:eh-s^a = death-days of the month

5^th

inauspicious

14^th

23^rd

on certain days of the 12-day cycle

c^ien

that would cause harm

p>o

c^ih

tin

days of hsu:eh-c^i ('blood-prohibition') [when victims are not to be killed (fn. 79)]

p. 534 origin of these caerimonies

originator

reference

the 3 C^an

fn. 87 Tao-an: Erh-c^iao Lun, in:- Kuan Hun-min C^i, cap. 8, 140c

Grasshopper-chiefs (of the Yi-tsei ('Brigands-Grasshoppers') = Yellow Turbans

fn. 88 Hsu:an-kuan: Pien-huo Lun, in:- Hun-min C^i, cap. 8, 48b-c

Sun En

fn. 91 Hsu:an-kuan: Pien-huo Lun, 48c

p. 535 activity

p. 535 reference

The caerimony was carried out on nights of the new moon & full moon.

fn. 92 C^en-jen Nei-c^>ao Lu: ('Perfecteds' Esoteric-Morning Rule'), quoted by Fa-lin: Pien-c^en Lun, cap. 8; and by C^en Luan: Hsiao-tao Lun

The coiling of the dragon and the playing of the tigre were praepared as the Huan-s^u ('Yellow Writing') explaineth.

fn. 93 Tao-an: Erh-c^iao Lun ('2-Religions Discourse'), in:- Ku-c^in Fo Tao Lun-hen, cap. 2, 373a; Kuan Hun-min C^i, cap. 8, 140c

"… they must not be jealous of one another.

… They are called Perfect Men … Husbands are taught to exchange their wives …"

p. 537

"May the Three and the Five be complete,

may the Sun and Moon be perfected, …

pp. 537-8

May the Breaths enter into the Perfect Men;

p. 538

may the Breaths penetrate into the Spirits;

may the Breaths spread the Principle everywhere …"

p. 538

"Open the Door of Destiny;

kiss the Perfect Man" [called] Yin-erh ('Child');

"may the Dragon coil around and" the Tigre play.

"The Three and the Five, the Seven and the Nine." [(fn. 111) The Nine are the 9 T>ien-hun ('Souls of Heaven'), and the Seven are the 7 Lords, with Yu:an-lao C^an-jen to the left and Hsu:an-yi Lao-c^u:n to the right – according to the Tun-^en T>ai-yi Ti-c^u:n T>ai-tan Yin-s^u Tun-c^en Hsu:an-c^in 9b)

pp. 538-9

"The net of Heaven and the webs of Earth.

p. 539

"Open the Vermilion Door; bring the Jade Column near" [(p. 113) "they call women 'Vermilion Gate' …; they call men 'Jade Column' …" – according to Pien-c^en Lun, cap. 8, 535a] {i.e., vulva & penis};

may the yan think on the Mother yin as "white as jade" {Contemplation of whiteness of woman's clitoris by man?};

may the yin think on Father yan "and caress him with its hand!" {Masturbation of man by woman?}