The Seal of the Unity of the Three — Vol. 2 - The Golden Elixir

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achievement, but only the accomplished knows what this
means.” (36:19–20)
These verses are not found in Zhu Xi’s redaction. 2
6 順 之 者 吉 、 按 歷 法 令 “Those who transgress this have ill fortune;
those who comply with it have good fortune.” (45:9–10)
These verses are not found in Yu Yan’s redaction.
7 水 旱 相 伐 、 風 雨 不 節 “Flood and drought would attack one
another, and wind and rain would never be timely.” (46:7–8)
The sequence of these verses is inverted in Peng Xiao’s, Zhu Xi’s, and Yu
Yan’s redactions: “Wind and rain would never be timely, flood and
drought would succeed one another” ( 風 雨 不 節 、 水 旱 相 伐 ).
8 蝗 虫 蟲 涌 沸 、 異 旁 出 、 天 見 其 怪 、 山 崩 地 圯 “Locusts and
worms would seethe and churn, and anomalies would come forth
from all sides; strange apparitions would be seen in the skies, the
mountains collapse and the earth fissure.” (46:9–12)
The sequence of these verses differs in Zhu Xi’s and Yu Yan’s redactions:
“Locusts and worms would seethe and churn, the mountains collapse and
the earth fissure; strange apparitions would be seen in the skies, and
anomalies would come forth from all sides” ( 蝗 蟲 涌 沸 、 山 崩 地 裂 、 天
見 其 怪 、 異 旁 出 ).
9 陽 數 已 訖 、 訖 則 復 起 、 推 情 合 性 、 轉 而 相 與 “The Yang numbers
are now completed, and being completed, they rise once
again: turning over their qualities, conjoining their natures, in turn
one gives way to the other.” (49:41–44)
These verses are found after 49:36 (“She is like a mother to all things in
the world” 世 為 類 母 ) in Zhu Xi’s redaction. 3
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2
Both verses are also omitted in the Jindan zhengli daquan, Siku
quanshu, and Daozang jiyao editions of Chen Zhixu’s commentary.
3
Zhu Xi’s reading corresponds to the reading of the Yin Changsheng
redaction.
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