The Seal of the Unity of the Three - The Golden Elixir

8 Translation
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Rejoiced in your heart, pleased in your thoughts,
you tell yourself, surely, your life will grow long.
21–24 But death, unexpected, comes ahead of its time,
and you forsake your body to rot.
Your deeds have rebounded,
for you were defiant and let slip the hinge.
25–30 The arts are so many —
for each thousand, there are ten thousand more.
Their tortuous routes run against the Yellow Emperor and
the Old Master,
their winding courses oppose the Nine Capitals.
Those who are bright comprehend the meaning of this:
in all its breadth they know where it comes from.
29 The “two eights”
1–2 The waxing quarter is Dui , its number is 8;
the waning quarter is Gen , it is also 8.
3–6 The two quarters join their essences,
forming the bodies of Qian and Kun .
Two times 8 corresponds to one pound:
the Way of the Changes is correct and unbiased.
55 Water, the beginning
1–4 “Qian is movement and is straight”:
Breath spreads and Essence flows.
“Kun is quiescence and is gathered”:
it is the hut of the Dao.
5–8 The firm gives forth and then recedes,
the yielding transmutes and thereby nurtures.
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