廣弘明集 9.43

9.43

The Wufu jing says: The Dao Lord of the Central Yellow said, "Heaven generates the myriad things, and humans are the most noble. The human body encompasses Heaven and Earth, and models nothing less. It establishes a Son of Heaven, and sets up the Three Excellencies, Nine Ministers, Twenty-seven Grand Masters, Eighty-one Primary Officers, Nine Provinces, One Hundred and Twenty Commanderies, and One Thousand Two Hundred Counties. The gallbladder is the Son of Heaven, the Great Dao Lord; the spleen is the Empress; the heart is the Grand Commandant; the left kidney is the Minister of Education; the right kidney is the Minister of Works; the eight gods ennobled together with the navel are the Nine Ministers; the twelve gods of the Pearl Pavilion, the twelve gods of the stomach, and the three gods of the triple burner together make twenty-seven Grand Masters; the gods of the four limbs make eighty-one Primary Officers, which together with [the Grand Masters, Ministers, and Excellencies] make one hundred and twenty, to model the number of commanderies. Moreover, the lungs are the Department of Affairs of State, and the liver is the Orchid Terrace Pavilion."