廣弘明集 2.32

2.32

Qianzhi maintained his resolve on Mount Song. In the tenth month of the second year of the Shenrui reign era, he encountered a great spirit riding upon clouds and driving dragons, accompanied by a retinue of a hundred numinous beings gathering on the mountain peak. Calling himself the Most High Lord Lao, he said to Qianzhi: "Since the Celestial Master Zhang Ling passed away from the world, the earthly post has been vacant. Kou Qianzhi of Shanggu has adorned his person with upright principles. Therefore, I confer upon you the rank of Celestial Master and bestow upon you twenty rolls of the New Code from the Clouds. Since the primordial division of heaven and earth, it has never been transmitted to the world. You must proclaim my New Code, purify and regulate the Daoist teaching, and eradicate the false methods of the three Zhangs—the taxes of grain and coins as well as the arts of harmonizing pneumas between male and female. How could the Great Way of pure void have such matters? You must take etiquette and rules as foremost, supplemented by dietary practices and breath control." He dispatched twelve Jade Maidens of Jiuyi to transmit the oral formulas of gymnastics (daoyin) to Qianzhi. He was thereupon able to avoid grains, his qi flourished, and his complexion became radiant and fresh. Over ten disciples all attained his techniques.