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退之祈雪上南壇龍王躬身聽號令

退之祈雪上南坛龙王躬身听号令

Chapter Twelve · The Story of Han Xiangzi

Praying for snow, Han Yu mounts the Southern Altar;Bowing low, the Dragon Kings take their orders

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: a young Daoist stands on a tiered altar holding up a streaming banner while snowflakes fall; a dragon king in a horned crown bows with joined hands from a bank of cloud, and two officials kneel in a corridor below, looking up.

黃芽白雪不難尋,達者須憑德行深。

黄芽白雪不难寻,达者须凭德行深。

Yellow shoots and white snow are not hard to find,but to reach them a man must have deep virtue.

四象五行全藉土,三元八卦豈離壬。

四象五行全藉土,三元八卦岂离壬。

The Four Images and the Five Phases all rest on Earth;how could the Three Origins and the Eight Trigrams do without ren?

煉成靈質人難識,消盡陰魔鬼不侵。

炼成灵质人难识,消尽阴魔鬼不侵。

Refine the spirit-substance, and few will know you;wipe out the demons of yin, and no ghost will touch you.

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