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The tiger dances; the dragon mounts the wind and waves;
the principal seat of the true centre generates the mysterious pearl.
Fruit produced on the branch will, in time, ripen;
could the baby in the womb be any different?
South and north accord with the Source [through] inversion of the signs of the trigrams;
at daybreak and dusk the five phases [of the adept’s body] accord with the celestial axis.
[You ]must be able to understand this great mystery [while] dwelling in the chaotic market place;
what need is there [to retreat] deep into the mountains to preserve peaceful solitude?
ch.5, Chapters on Awakening to the Real: A Song Dynasty Classic of Inner Alchemy
Attributed to Zhang Boduan (ca. 983-1081)
the principal seat of the true centre generates the mysterious pearl.
Fruit produced on the branch will, in time, ripen;
could the baby in the womb be any different?
South and north accord with the Source [through] inversion of the signs of the trigrams;
at daybreak and dusk the five phases [of the adept’s body] accord with the celestial axis.
[You ]must be able to understand this great mystery [while] dwelling in the chaotic market place;
what need is there [to retreat] deep into the mountains to preserve peaceful solitude?
ch.5, Chapters on Awakening to the Real: A Song Dynasty Classic of Inner Alchemy
Attributed to Zhang Boduan (ca. 983-1081)