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    Japanes body-chart for internal alchemy

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    AJapaneseAlchemicalChartoftheHumanBody introductiontohislife,works,and
    teachings.

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    Alchemy:Thispageprovidesdirect
    accesstotranslationsofNeidantexts
    freelyavailablefromtheGoldenElixir
    TheJapanesealchemicalchartofthe
    website.
    bodyreproducedonthispageis
    entitledShshinkytentandzu CommentariesandEditionsofthe
    ,orChartoftheWayofthe Cantongqi(TheSealoftheUnityofthe
    ElixirinNineCyclesfortheCultivation Three).

    ofReality(theChinesereadingofthe TheWayoftheGoldenElixir:An
    titleisXiuzhenjiuzhuandandaotu). IntroductiontoTaoistAlchemy,
    Althoughnopreciselycorresponding revisedandexpanded(freePDF).
    pictureseemstobefoundinChinese
    texts,itislikelythatthischartis
    eithercopiedfrom,orbasedon,an
    GoldenElixirPress
    earlierChineseexemplarthatmay
    nowbelost. Catalogue

    TheChart,whichisundated,isnow Downloadthecurrent
    keptinthelibraryofTenriUniversity catalogue.Containsbook
    samplesanddiscountcodes
    inJapan.Itisreproducedherefrom
    forpaperbackandPDF
    thebookbyKatChie,Fur editions.
    fushinoshintai:Dkyto"tai"no
    shis
    CultivatingtheTao
    (TheAgelessandDeathlessBody:
    TaoismandtheIdeaofthe"Embryo" Teachingsontheprinciplesof
    TaoismandTaoistAlchemy,
    Tokyo:Taishkanshoten,2002),p.
    bythegreatTaoistmasterLiu
    121.Dr.Katisonethemain Yiming(17341821).
    JapanesescholarsofTaoistInternal
    Alchemy.Shehaspublished
    TheSealoftheUnityoftheThree
    extensivelyinparticularonthe
    Wuzhenpian(AwakeningtoReality) AtranslationoftheCantong
    andontheTaoistviewsofthe qi,thetextattheoriginsof
    TaoistInternalAlchemy.With
    "embryo."
    explanationsofsectionsand
    verses.

    DescriptionoftheChart FoundationsofInternalAlchemy

    ByWangMu.Aclear
    descriptionoftheTaoist
    Fromtoptobottomalongtheverticalaxis,theChartshows:theupperCinnabarFieldthe
    practiceofInternalAlchemy,
    eyesthetonguethetracheathemiddleCinnabarFieldthelowerCinnabarFieldandthe orNeidan.
    CaudalFunnel.

    LikemostsimilarChinesepictures,theChartcontainsshortcaptions.Belowaretranslationsof AwakeningtoReality
    thecaptions,withshortnotes: Writteninthe11thcentury,
    thisfamousworkdescribes
    1."AsIsitandforgetmyform(xing),allthemountains,therivers,andthetenthousand Neidan(InternalAlchemy)in
    thingsarewithinmybody".Thewordusedherefor"body"isshen,whichdenotesnotonly poetry.
    thephysicalbody,butthewholeperson.
    TheWorldUpsideDown
    2."TheBreath(qi)ofthegallbladderrisesabove".
    ByIsabelleRobinet.Four
    3."CaudalFunnel"(weil).Locatednearthecoccyx,thisisthefirstoftheThreeBarriers essaysonTaoistInternal
    (sanguan)inthebackofthebody.(SeeanarticlebyWangMuontheThreeBarriers.) Alchemy,translatedforthe
    firsttimeintoEnglish.
    4."CinnabarField"(dantian).ThelowerCinnabarFieldisthedantianproper.

    5."Atitsfirstdescent,theElixirissimilartoaLuminousPearl."Thissentencereferstothe TheWayoftheGoldenElixir

    firststageintheformationoftheElixir,i.e.,thefirstoftheninecyclesmentionedinthetitle AnintroductiontoTaoist
    oftheChart. Alchemy,fromWaidanto
    Neidan.PDF,freedownload.
    6."TheheartistheCrimsonPalace"(jianggong).ThemiddleCinnabarField,commonlycalled
    CrimsonPalace,isshownatthecenterofthepicture.

    7."ThethroatistheTwelveStoriedPavilion"(shi'erlou).Thisisacommonnameofthe
    tracheainNeidanandmeditationtexts. FromtheCantongqi

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    8."ThetongueistheRedLotus"
    (honglian).

    9."Underthetongue,oneach
    [side],therearetwoopenings".
    TheseopeningsaretheCinnabar
    Cavities(danxue),whichshouldbe
    keptclosedbythetonguesothat
    theTrueBreath(zhenqi)doesnot
    escape. GoldenElixirQuoteoftheWeek

    10."Throughtwo[ofthefour] QuotationsfromGoldenElixirbooks,
    openings,Breath(qi)flowsand sentbyemailatnocost.Seeasample
    pervadesthebody". andalistofQuotespublisheduntil
    present.
    11."OntherighttheGreatYin".
    Tosubscribe,enteryouremailaddress:
    Thiscaptionandthenextonerefer
    totheeyes.Therighteye emailaddress
    representsGreatYin.
    Subscribe
    12."OnthelefttheGreatYang".
    ThelefteyerepresentsGreatYang.

    13."PalaceoftheMuddyPellet" GoldenElixirBlog:LatestPosts
    (niwangong).TheupperCinnabar
    Field,commonlycalledMuddy GoldenElixirQuoteoftheWeek
    Pellet.
    TheWayoftheGoldenElixir(Free
    PDF)

    ATranslationoftheLongmen"Lineage
    Poem"

    VisittheGoldenElixirBlog
    OriginsandTransmission

    Althoughitsoriginsandtransmissiondeservemorestudy,theJapaneseChartappearstobe
    closelyrelatedtoaworkattributedtoChenNan(?1213),aNeidanmasterbelongingtothe
    SouthernLineage(Nanzong)ofInternalAlchemy.HisCuixupian(TheEmeraldEmptiness),
    whichispartoftheXiuzhenshishu(TenBooksontheCultivationofReality),containsthese
    verses:

    Theresult(gong)ofthefirstcycleissimilartoaPreciousPearl
    mountains,rivers,andthewholecosmospervadetheNuminousBody.
    UnderthepetalsoftheRedLotusarestoredtheCinnabarCavities
    theVermilionRiverflowsandpervadesthePearloftheNineTimes.

    Relatedpages ThePreciousPearlinChenNan'sfirstverseisequivalent
    totheLuminousPearloftheChart(no.4above).The
    TaoistViewsoftheBody secondverseismatchedbyoneofthecaptionsinthe
    Neijingtu(ChartoftheInner Chart(no.2).ThetermRedLotusinthethirdverseis
    Warp) foundintheChart(no.10),whichalsomentionsthetwo
    Xiuzhentu(Chartforthe pairsof"openings",i.e.,theCinnabarCavities(no.9).
    CultivationofReality) Theexpression"flowandpervade"inthefourthverseis
    ArticlesonTaoistAlchemy usedintheChart(no.7).
    ArticlesonTaoism (AccordingtoChenNan'sownexplications,the"nine
    Alchemicaltexts times"inthefourthverserefertoaformofbreathingin
    Taoisttexts ninestagesperformedafterthePearloftheElixir
    descendsintotheCinnabarField.)

    Inhiswork,ChenNanalsowrites:

    TheTrueWater[generated]by[number]1ofHeavenisstoredinthegallbladder.WhenYin
    andYangconjoin,theydescend[intothelowerCinnabarField]andformtheElixir.Atitsfirst
    descent,itsshapeissimilartoaLuminousPearlmadeofonedropofdew.

    BesidesincludingthetermLuminousPearl,oneofcaptionsintheChart(no.4)consistsof
    sentencethatalludestothefinalpartofthispassage.Finally,anothercaptionintheChart(no.
    1)mentionsthegallbladder.

    (Thewords"TheTrueWater[generated]by[number]1ofHeaven"alludetoWater,thefirst
    ofthefiveagents,whichisgivenbirthbyHeavenandisassociatedwithnumber1.)

    Consideringthesemultipleanalogies,itissignificantthattheCuixupianisconcernedwitha
    Neidanprocessinninecycles,whicharealsomentionedinthetitleoftheJapaneseChartof
    theWayoftheElixirinNineCyclesfortheCultivationofReality.AsforthewordsCultivation
    ofReality,theymaybeadirectreferencetotheabovementionedworkthatnowcontainsthe
    Cuixupian.

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