chapters

pp.

0. Introd.

1-11

1. Way of Highest Clarity

12-29

2. Nature

30-55

3. Vision

56-80

4. Revelation

81-102

5. Esoteric Biography of Perfected Purple Yan

103-160

5.A His Early Life

110-3

5.B Revelation of Su Lin

114-30

5.C Traveling through the Mountains

131-45

5.D Vision of the 3 Prime Lords

146-51

5.E His Teaching

152-4

5.F Revelation of Juan-zi

155-60

6. Central Scripture of the 9 Perfecteds

161-210

6.A Biography of the Yellow Venerable Lord of the Centre

164-9

6.B Conceiving an Embryo

170-2

6.C Method of the 9 Perfecteds

173-93

6.D Pretious Talisman of the 9 Perfecteds

193-8

6.E Yellow Venerable Lord of the Centre’s 8 Secret Sayings

199-208

6.F Method for Transmitting the Qi

208-10

7. Praeface to the Perfect Scripture of the Great Grotto

211-23

7.A Origin of the Way

213-5

7.B Heavenly Origin of the Scripture

216-8

7.C Transmission of the Scripture

219-20

7.D Cosmic Function of the Scripture

220-1

7.E Making Use of the Text

221-3

description

source

Heart holding feathered scripts."

San-don Z^u-nan (‘3-Grottos Pearl-Bag’) 8:22b – translated in :- Edward H. Schafter : "The Restoration of the Shrine of Wei Hua-ts>un at Lin-ch>uan in the Eighth Century", p. 230. JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES, vol. 15 (1977), pp. 124-38.

p. 13

"in 364 [Chr.E.] ... Lady Wei of Southern Sacred Mountain ... bestowed these texts upon Yang Xi [330-386 Chr.E.] ... . Yang Xi wrote down these scriptures in the Li script. He later gave them to Officer Xu Mi [303-373 Chr.E.] and [Xu Mi to] Xu’s son Hui [341-ca.

p. 14

"Yang Quan ..., moreover, received a visit from a goddess in 359 [Chr. E.] who recited the poems that open" Tao Hon-jin’s Declarations of the Perfected.

p. 4

Z^ou Yi-s^an was born in 80 B.Chr.E.

#

of __

360

joints

9

bodily openings

5

yin systems

6

yan systems

system

its office

its function

cardiac

monarch

consciousness

pulmonary

minister-mentors

oversight

hepatic

General

planning

gallbladder

rectifiers

decisions

#

of __ deities

their associations

san (‘3’)

Yuan (‘Prime’)

in grotto-chambre of brain

dan-tian (‘cinnabar-fields’)

wu (‘5’)

S^en (‘Spirits’)

5 directions (card. pts. + centre)

cinnabar-fields, + left & right sides of body

ba (‘8’)

Jin (‘Effulgences’)

nodes of year (aequinoctes, solstices, + intermediate points of time)

also replicated by association with cinnabar-fields

jiu (‘9’)

Z^en (‘Perfected’)

months of gestation

vital areas of body

mo.

day

time of day

organ

title

color of qi

1^st

Jia-zi, Jia-xu

dawn

heard

G.L. Caelestial Essence

purple

3^rd

Bin-s^en

1-9 AM

joints

G.L. Enduring Jade

white

4^th

Bin-wu, Din-mao

9-11 AM

fluids

G.L. Primordial Birth

yellow

6^th

Jia-c^en, Wu-yin

noon

liver

G.L. Green Radiance

green

7^th

3, Gen-wu

9-11 AM

spleen

G.L. Nourishing Radiance

green

8^th

15, Gen-s^en

3-5 PM

lungs

G.L. Upper Prime

5-color

9^th

19, Wu-xu

5-7 PM

kidneys

G.L. Mystery Prime

blue

10^th

22, Xin-si

noon

gallbladder

G.L. Bearing Luminescence

5-color

11^th

28, Bin-si

9-11 AM

head

A.L. Imperial Glory

purple

date

dir.

colors

intermed. deity

attached to __

final deity

spring’s b.

north

purple, green, white

3 Primes

Supreme Emperor of Heaven

vernal ae.

NE

azure, black, yellow

Heavenly Lord of Great Subtlety

Highest Jade Emperor

summer’s b.

NW

purple, azure, yellow

Perfected Person of the Inner Palace

Lord of Highest Perfection in Supreme Ultimate

Purple Subtlety Palace

summer s.

SE

red, white, azure

Fu-san Imperial Lord

Supreme Subtlety Palace

autumn’s b.

west

white, red, purple

Imperial White Lord

Supreme Perfected Person

Highest Perfected of Mystery Emperor in Jade Heaven

autumnal ae.

south

purple, red, yellow

Highest Imperial Red Lord

Highest Perfected of South Pole

Lady of 9 Numinous Powers

winter’s b.

SW

green, purple, azure

Lord Imperial Patriarch

Highest Clarity Perfected Person

Jade Emperor of Highest 9^th Heaven

winter s.

east

vermilion, turquoise, yellow

Highest Perfected Person of Great Vacuity

Jade Concubine of the Great Empyrean

Great Subtlety Heavenly Lord

Zi-yan Z^en-ren Nei-z^uan (‘Esoteric Biography of Perfected Purple Yan’)

DZ 303

Zi-yan Z^en-ren Z^ou-jun Nei-z^uan (‘Esoteric Biography of Lord Z^ou, the Perfected Purple Yan’)

Yun-ji Qi-qian 106:8a-15b

Li-s^i Z^en-xian Ti-dao Ton-jian (‘Compraehensive examination of Successive Gnerations of Perfected and Immortals who Embodied the Dao’)

DZ 296

p. 107, fn. 1

Lord Z^ou was colleague to lord Pei, whose biography "Qin-lin Z^en-ren Pei-jun" ("Biography of Lord Pei, Perfected Clear Numen") is included in Yun-ji Qi-qian (‘7 Bamboo Strips from a Cloudy Satchel’) = DZ 1032.

pp. 107-9

The biography of lord Z^ou was recorded by Hua Qiao of Jin-lin.

Z^ou

surname

Yi-s^an

given name

Ji-ton

courtesy-title

p. 117

The Method of the 3 Ones is also known as "the Mystery Perfection of Great Subtlety [fn. 41 : "Great Subtlety is the name of a palace in the heaven of Highest Clarity".] and the Primordial Diagram of Highest Clarity."

texts hidden by the "Young Lad of the Eastern Sea [fn. 43 : "also known as the Azure Lad"] in the Jade-Mist chamber in the City of Numinous Effulgence."

(1) Grotto Perfected

(2) Wondrous Scriptures

(3) Pure Numen

"a chariot of clouds and a canopy of feathers will be sent; riding this you can create wind and rain and arouse thunder and lightning." {In Salmonia, at the source of the Enipeus, Salmoneus drave "his chariot to simulate Zeus’s thunder, and ... lightning." (GM 68.a)}

p. 118

"I thus ... obtained the ability to soar over famous mountains and frequent [the palace of] Fangzhu. [fn. 47 : "The palace of Fangzhu is the location of the golden book that records the names of the immortals."] I rested on the hill of Cinnabar Mound [fn. 48 : "Cinnabar Mound (Danling ...) is the name of the heaven of the south pole where adepts are able to be reborn".] and gazed in all directions."

p. 121

the names of the 3 Worms :-

(1^st) "Azure Ancient One"

(2^nd) "White Lady"

(3^rd) "Body Corpse"

recipe for killing the 3 Worms :- [l. = lian (ounce); s^. = s^en (liter)]

5 l.

monkshood

5 s^.

hemp

6 l.

digitalis

6 l.

s^u [s^u-lu cao (fn. 63)]

7 inches

cornel root

4 l.

cassia

5 l.

"cloud fungus flower"

p. 122

with calamus roots, "Chew the seven herbs".

p. 123

"eat a dose of various herbs : sesame, tuckahoe, shu-cassia, asparagine, goldthread, digitalis, rhubarb, candied peach and the bark of peach trees."

p. 124

"There are numerous varieties of herbs and numerous grades of immortals." [fn. 71 : "The analogy for the ranks of the perfected lies in the "numerous varieties of herbs" in nature." {could this imply control by each immortal over some particular species of herb?}]

the Duke of the Immortal City."

"High Immortals, Second Class" : "Immortal Ministers or ... Immortal Grand Officers".

"Middle Rank Immortals" : "roam over the five sacred mountains, or are established in Great Clarity and employ spirits and demons as their servants".

"Middle Rank Immortals, Second Class" : "receive the fiefdom of a mountain and are commanders-in-chief of demons and spirits; ... roam and soar through the Heavens of Lesser Existence and assemble in crowds at the Place of Clear Vacuity".

"Lower Immortals" : "Those who eat grains but do not die and cast no shadow during the day".

"Lower Immortals, Second Class" : "are also delivered from the corpse in broad daylight and pass through Supreme Yin".

p. 125

"I [Su Lin] received the Perfect Seal of the Imperial Lord of the Supreme Ultimate and was enfeoffed".

p. 126

" ‘golden pavilion name’ {cf. [Kemian] golden H.R name} is already fixed in the celestial offices."

"will certainly be able to ride to the clouds in a dragon-pulled chariot and be established on high in the Purple Yang [heaven] of Great Clarity."

be venerated as a perfected person."

p. 127

[fn. 85 : "The "newborn child," the "perfected one," and the "immortal child" here function as ... the Three Ones, or Primes associated with the three cinnabar fields of the body."] In fact these three perfected ones are the Imperial Lords of the mansions of the body.

If you can see them, then [there will appear] chariots of clouds with canopies of feathers, a thousand chariots and ten thousand mounts. If you can see them, you will be able to ride in a chariot [up to heaven]. Your name will be listed in the Book of Mystery ["reading xuanlu ... for yuantu" (p. 128, fn. 87)] and you will fly up to Highest Clarity."

p. 129

"If you obtain this way you will be able to transform into myriad shapes, your body will repel water and fire, you will summon and leash tigers and leopards and command demons and spirits as your servants."

p. 130

fulfillment : "Within five years he could see beyond a thousand li [500 kilometres], his body became so light that he could [jump] over ten zhang [30 metres] and walk five hundred li [250 kilometres] per day."