歷代三寶紀 2.13

2.13

(Xinwei) Yuanfeng, 1st year (In the first month, on jiazi, the emperor offered sacrifices at Mount Song. He erected a Daoist palace, fasted for seven days, and returned after the rituals were completed. In the fourth month, the emperor was at leisure, attended by [Dong]fang Shuo and others. Suddenly, a woman in azure garments appeared and told the emperor: 'Fast purely for one hundred days from now until the seventh day of the seventh month, and the Queen Mother of the West promises to descend.' When the appointed time came, during the second night watch, she indeed arrived before the emperor). (Renshen) 2. (Guiyou) 3 (The emperor had previously received the Queen Mother's words; in the seventh month of this year, he fasted and transmitted the Map of the Five Peaks to Dong Zhongjun, who immediately transcribed and received it). (Jiaxu) 4 (The emperor had also previously received the words of Lady Shangyuan; in the seventh month of the fourth year, he fasted and transmitted the Twelve Matters of the Lingfei of the Five Emperors and Six Jia to Li Shaojun, who immediately transcribed and received them. That these two texts circulate in the world is because they were first transmitted to these two gentlemen, and thus survived). (Yihai) 5. (Bingzi) 6. (Dingchou) Taichu, 1st year (In the eleventh month, on jiyou, celestial fire burned Bailiang Terrace. Thereupon the Charts of True Forms, the Twelve Matters of the Lingfei of the Six Jia and Five Emperors, together with the collected secret formulas received by the emperor, totaling four rolls stored in a common box, were all burned by the fire, losing their originals). (Wuyin) 2. (Jimao) 3. (Gengchen) 4. (Xinsi) Tianhan, 1st year. (Renwu) 2. (Guiwei) 3. (Jiashen) 4.