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

Translation 9
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The 9 reverts, the 7 returns,
the 8 goes back, the 6 remains.
9–12 Man is white, woman is red;
Metal and Fire seize one another.
Water then stabilizes Fire:
it is the first of the five agents.
13–18 “Superior goodness is like water”
because it is flawless and clear.
These are the forms and images of the Dao,
but True Unity can hardly be charted:
it alters itself and distributes by parting,
and each part dwells alone, on its own.
72 “The three things are one family”
1–4 When the Wooden essence of cinnabar
finds Metal, they pair with each other:
Metal and Water dwell in conjunction,
Wood and Fire are companions.
5–8 These four, in indistinction,
arrange themselves as Dragon and Tiger:
the Dragon is Yang, its number is odd,
the Tiger is Yin, its number is even.
9–12 The liver is green and is the father,
the lungs are white and are the mother,
the kidneys are black and are the son,
the heart is red and is the daughter.
13–16 The spleen is yellow and is the forefather,
and the son is at the origin of the five agents.
The three things are one family:
all of them return to wu and ji.
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