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韓湘子名登紫府兩牧童眼識神仙

韩湘子名登紫府两牧童眼识神仙

Chapter Nine · The Story of Han Xiangzi

Han Xiangzi’s name is entered in the Purple Palace;Two herd boys know an immortal when they see one

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: beneath a great weeping willow by a stream, a ragged old man sits cross-legged and smiles with one hand raised, while two barefoot herd boys stand over him, one holding a bowl of water and staring, the other pointing and scolding with a hand on his hip; two oxen graze far off.

混跡塵寰百二秋,芝田種子喜全收。

混迹尘寰百二秋,芝田种子喜全收。

A hundred and twenty autumns, mingling unseen in the dusty world,and now, with joy, the seed in the fields of magic fungus is all gathered in.

光生銀海天無際,氣斂華池水逆流。

光生银海天无际,气敛华池水逆流。

Light is born in the Silver Sea, and the sky has no bounds;breath gathers in the Flowery Pool, and the waters flow backward.

金鼎漫藏龍虎象,玉壺分別汞鉛頭。

金鼎漫藏龙虎象,玉壶分别汞铅头。

Deep in the golden cauldron lie the forms of dragon and tiger;the jade pot keeps mercury and lead apart, each at its source.

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