The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Taoist Alchemical Ode

Taoist Alchemical Ode Daoist Classic 陶真人内丹赋

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Taoist Alchemical Ode by late-Tang Tao Zhi uses cryptic verse to describe outer alchemy: harmonizing Yin-Yang, cycling fire through nine returns and seven reversals to produce “golden snow.” Despite its...

Taoist Alchemical Ode Daoist Classic 陶真人内丹赋

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Taoist Alchemical Ode by late-Tang Tao Zhi uses cryptic verse to describe outer alchemy: harmonizing Yin-Yang, cycling fire through nine returns and seven reversals to produce “golden snow.” Despite its...

Annotated Verses on the Golden Elixir

Annotated Verses on the Golden Elixir 还丹金液歌注

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Annotated Verses on the Golden Elixir features Yuan Yangzi’s 28-line alchemical poem (late Tang) and Five Dynasties commentary by Zhang Jianming. It teaches that cinnabar-derived mercury (“chaste maiden”) and lead...

Annotated Verses on the Golden Elixir 还丹金液歌注

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Annotated Verses on the Golden Elixir features Yuan Yangzi’s 28-line alchemical poem (late Tang) and Five Dynasties commentary by Zhang Jianming. It teaches that cinnabar-derived mercury (“chaste maiden”) and lead...

Ballads of the Reverted Elixir

Ballads of the Reverted Elixir 还丹歌诀

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Ballads of the Reverted Elixir compiles late-Tang alchemical verses by Yuan Yangzi and earlier masters like Wei Boyang. All emphasize outer alchemy: true lead and mercury unite in the Spirit...

Ballads of the Reverted Elixir 还丹歌诀

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Ballads of the Reverted Elixir compiles late-Tang alchemical verses by Yuan Yangzi and earlier masters like Wei Boyang. All emphasize outer alchemy: true lead and mercury unite in the Spirit...

Collected Poems on the Golden Liquor

Collected Poems on the Golden Liquor 元阳子金液集

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Collected Poems on the Golden Liquor is a Tang-era Taoist alchemical text attributed to Yuanyangzi, praising the External Alchemy practice of the Golden Fluid Reverted Elixir using true lead and...

Collected Poems on the Golden Liquor 元阳子金液集

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Collected Poems on the Golden Liquor is a Tang-era Taoist alchemical text attributed to Yuanyangzi, praising the External Alchemy practice of the Golden Fluid Reverted Elixir using true lead and...

Arcane Principles of the Golden Elixir

Arcane Principles of the Golden Elixir 太白经

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Arcane Principles of the Golden Elixir outlines Tang–Five Dynasties alchemy requiring “ten perfections”—from site selection to fire timing—and emphasizes “spiritual water” (lead mother) as the source of Yellow Sprout. 

Arcane Principles of the Golden Elixir 太白经

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Arcane Principles of the Golden Elixir outlines Tang–Five Dynasties alchemy requiring “ten perfections”—from site selection to fire timing—and emphasizes “spiritual water” (lead mother) as the source of Yellow Sprout. 

Origins of Alchemical Formulas

Origins of Alchemical Formulas 太清修丹秘诀

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Origins of Alchemical Formulas presents three Tang-era inner alchemy methods: cultivating “spiritual cinnabar” via diet and breath, refining lead-mercury from solar-lunar essences, and harmonizing Kan-Li (water-fire) to transform the body...

Origins of Alchemical Formulas 太清修丹秘诀

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Origins of Alchemical Formulas presents three Tang-era inner alchemy methods: cultivating “spiritual cinnabar” via diet and breath, refining lead-mercury from solar-lunar essences, and harmonizing Kan-Li (water-fire) to transform the body...