佛祖歷代通載 22.9

22.9

合氣為道偽十三（第一十三化云老子以周昭王二十三年七月十二日。至凾關。尹喜既見邀歸本第。說道德經二篇五千餘言。尹喜扣頭曰。願授其要。老君曰。善。乃為解道德之要曰。道者。謂泥桓。泥桓者。天德也。理在人頭中。紫氣下降下至丹田。名堵。謂脾也。脾者。中黃太一也。黃氣徘恛理中宮。萬物之母者。謂丹田也。丹田玄牝也。居下元中。一夜之時。一氣下降周旋三宮。同出而異名。謂精也。一曰精。二曰汗。三曰血。四曰液。故曰異名。玄之又玄者。謂左右汗也。眾妙之門道可道者。謂朝食美也。非常道者。謂暮為屎。此依張道陵解。道陵如此說也。有無相生。謂口與腹也。難易相成。謂精與氣也。此老子授尹真節要也。又授尹喜神丹經金液經及八煉九還丹伏火之訣。其方云○金液還丹仙華流。高飛雲翔登天丘。赤黃之氣成須臾。當得雌雄分亂珠。可以騰變致行厨。靈童玉女我為夫。出入無間天同符。真精凝霜善沈浮。汝其珍敬必來游。又授九丹之名。及歌曰○圓三五寸一分。口四八兩寸唇。長二尺厚薄均。腹三齊坐垂溫。陰在上陽下奔。首尾武中間文。始七十終三旬。內二百善調勻。陰火白黃芽欽。兩湊聚輔翼人。子處宮得安存。去來游不出門）。

Regarding the thirteenth fabrication, 'Uniting the Qi to Constitute the Dao' (The forty-eighth transformation says: On the twelfth day of the seventh month in the twenty-third year of King Zhao of Zhou, Laozi reached the Hangu Pass. Having met him, Yin Xi invited him to return to his own residence, where he expounded the Daodejing in two scrolls and over five thousand words. Yin Xi kowtowed and said: 'I wish to receive its essentials.' Laozi said: 'Well said.' He then explained the essentials of the Dao and De for him, saying: 'The Dao refers to nihuan (nirvāṇa). Nihuan is heavenly virtue. Its principle resides in the human head. The purple qi descends to the cinnabar field; this is called the du, which refers to the spleen. The spleen is the Central Yellow Great One. The yellow qi wanders and governs the central palace. The mother of myriad things refers to the cinnabar field. The cinnabar field is the mysterious female. It resides in the lower origin. In the course of one night, a single qi descends and circulates through the three palaces. 'Emerging from the same source but having different names' refers to semen. The first is called semen, the second sweat, the third blood, and the fourth bodily fluid; hence they are called 'different names.' 'Mystery of mysteries' refers to the left and right sweat. 'The gate of all wonders' and 'the Dao that can be spoken of' refer to the morning meal being delicious. 'Not the constant Dao' refers to it turning into feces in the evening. This follows the interpretation of Zhang Daoling; Daoling spoke thus. 'Being and non-being produce each other' refers to the mouth and the belly. 'Difficult and easy complement each other' refers to semen and qi. This is the crucial instruction Laozi transmitted to True Man Yin. He also transmitted to Yin Xi the Divine Cinnabar Scripture, the Golden Liquid Scripture, and the secret formula of the Eightfold Refinement, Ninefold Reverted Elixir, and Subduing Fire. Its formula says: 'The reverted elixir of golden liquid flows with immortal radiance; soaring high into the clouds, it ascends the heavenly mound. The red and yellow qi forms in an instant; one should obtain the male and female to separate the disordered pearls. It can bring about transformative shifts and produce a travelling kitchen; the spiritual youth and jade maiden take me as husband. Emerging and entering without interval, harmonizing with heaven; the true semen coagulates like frost, skillfully sinking and floating. If you treasure and revere it, they will surely come to visit.' He also transmitted the names of the nine elixirs and a song that says: 'Round, three to five inches and one tenth; the mouth four and eight, two-inch lips. Length two feet, thickness even; belly three and uniform, sitting and hanging warm. Yin above and yang rushing below; beginning and end martial, civil in between. Starting at seventy, ending at three decades; within two hundred, skillfully harmonizing. The yin fire turns white, the yellow sprout is revered; both converge together to assist the person. The child dwelling in the palace attains peace and preservation; coming and going to roam, not exiting the gate.')