Collected Poems on the Golden Liquor 元阳子金液集

Originally attributed to Yuanyangzi, who is suspected to be Yang Canwei, a Taoist priest of the late Tang Dynasty.

It was recorded as One Scroll of Golden Elixir Ballads by Yuanyangzi in the Secret Catalogue of the Southern Song Dynasty. The existing version in The Daozang is included in the Methods category of the Dongzhen Section. This book compiles thirty-one poems on the Golden Fluid Reverted Elixir, eulogizing the art of External Alchemy, each accompanied by annotations.

Collected Poems on the Golden Liquor

Its doctrines are based on the Tao Te Ching and the Zhouyi Cantong Qi (The Kinship of the Three), asserting that the Reverted Elixir takes only true Yin and true Yang (i.e., the true lead and true mercury within the Kan and Li trigrams) as its medicinal ingredients, and regards the Divine Water and Flower Pond as the essence of the practice. It further states that the essence of the Divine Water and Flower Pond "condenses into a white substance, resembling uncalcined mirabilite. Once refined, it is called the Golden Fluid Flower Pond, also known as true lead or the White Tiger. After cultivation, the mercury will lose its black hue entirely."

It also states: "Once the Reverted Elixir enters the mouth, the body becomes light of itself; it can dispel chronic illnesses and drive away evil spirits."