The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Arcane Discourses on Alchemy

Arcane Discourses on Alchemy 丹房奥论

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Arcane Discourses on Alchemy by Cheng Liaoyi (1020 CE) outlines 16 treatises on external alchemy—covering true lead/mercury, cinnabar, sulfur, arsenic compounds, and methods to transmute metals—though it omits precise lab...

Arcane Discourses on Alchemy 丹房奥论

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Arcane Discourses on Alchemy by Cheng Liaoyi (1020 CE) outlines 16 treatises on external alchemy—covering true lead/mercury, cinnabar, sulfur, arsenic compounds, and methods to transmute metals—though it omits precise lab...

The Lead-Mercury Compendium

The Lead-Mercury Compendium 铅汞甲庚至宝集成

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The Lead-Mercury Compendium is a Tang-Song Daoist anthology of 10+ external alchemy texts detailing how “Jia-Geng” (solar-lunar essences) in cinnabar yield lead and mercury to transmute metals and craft elixirs...

The Lead-Mercury Compendium 铅汞甲庚至宝集成

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The Lead-Mercury Compendium is a Tang-Song Daoist anthology of 10+ external alchemy texts detailing how “Jia-Geng” (solar-lunar essences) in cinnabar yield lead and mercury to transmute metals and craft elixirs...

Divine Alchemical Methods

Divine Alchemical Methods 诸家神品丹法

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Divine Alchemical Methods compiles Tang-Song Daoist texts on external alchemy, emphasizing True Lead and True Mercury (from cinnabar and black lead). It details the cyclical refinement of Yellow Sprout into...

Divine Alchemical Methods 诸家神品丹法

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Divine Alchemical Methods compiles Tang-Song Daoist texts on external alchemy, emphasizing True Lead and True Mercury (from cinnabar and black lead). It details the cyclical refinement of Yellow Sprout into...

Energy-Infused Alchemical Gold

Energy-Infused Alchemical Gold 感气十六转金丹

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Energy-Infused Alchemical Gold describes a 16-stage Tang-Song era external alchemy process: from cinnabar to mercury transformations (e.g., “jade dog teeth,” “yellow sprouts”) culminating in five grades of elixirs—promising immortality, ascension,...

Energy-Infused Alchemical Gold 感气十六转金丹

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Energy-Infused Alchemical Gold describes a 16-stage Tang-Song era external alchemy process: from cinnabar to mercury transformations (e.g., “jade dog teeth,” “yellow sprouts”) culminating in five grades of elixirs—promising immortality, ascension,...

Arcana of the Great Numinous Elixir

Arcana of the Great Numinous Elixir 灵砂大丹秘诀

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Arcana of the Great Numinous Elixir outlines a nine-stage alchemical process from mercury-sulfur “verdant gold” to the Hunyuan Great Elixir, plus four supplementary treatises—including poetic formulas for transmutation and immortality...

Arcana of the Great Numinous Elixir 灵砂大丹秘诀

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Arcana of the Great Numinous Elixir outlines a nine-stage alchemical process from mercury-sulfur “verdant gold” to the Hunyuan Great Elixir, plus four supplementary treatises—including poetic formulas for transmutation and immortality...

Canon of the Primal Alchemical Earth

Canon of the Primal Alchemical Earth 太古土兑经

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Canon of the Primal Alchemical Earth details ancient methods to subdue and transform alchemical minerals like mercury, sulfur, and cinnabar through “earth-based” reactions, emphasizing yin-yang balance, compatibility, and chemical properties...

Canon of the Primal Alchemical Earth 太古土兑经

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Canon of the Primal Alchemical Earth details ancient methods to subdue and transform alchemical minerals like mercury, sulfur, and cinnabar through “earth-based” reactions, emphasizing yin-yang balance, compatibility, and chemical properties...