第十三回第十三回Chapter Thirteen

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駕祥雲憲宗頂禮論全真湘子吟詩

驾祥云宪宗顶礼论全真湘子吟诗

Chapter Thirteen · The Story of Han Xiangzi

Before a rider of auspicious clouds, Xianzong bows in homage;Discoursing on the Quanzhen, Xiangzi recites his poems

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: in the palace hall, a young Daoist with a drum under his arm stands smiling on a cloud above the floor, an emperor in a dragon-patterned robe stretches both hands up to him at the foot of the throne steps, and a bearded minister stands frowning beside a pillar.

不識玄中顛倒顛,爭知火裡好栽蓮。

不识玄中颠倒颠,争知火里好栽莲。

If you do not know how, in the Mystery, the upside-down is turned upside down,how can you know that a lotus may be planted in the fire?

牽將白虎歸家養,產個明珠似月圓。

牵将白虎归家养,产个明珠似月圆。

Lead the White Tiger home and rear it there,and it will bear a bright pearl as round as the moon.

漫守藥爐看火候,但安神息任天然。

漫守药炉看火候,但安神息任天然。

No need to sit by the furnace of the medicine, watching the fire phases;just settle your spirit and breath and leave them to nature.

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