Harmonizing Yin and Yang THE DRAGON-TIGER CLASSIC Translated and with an introduction by Eva Wong SHAMBHALA Boston e> London 1997Shambhala Publications, Ine. Horticultural Hall 500 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 bttp:Aiwww.shambbata.com © 1997 by Eva Wong All eights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in asy form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any taformation storage and retrieval system, without permission in wetting from the publisher. 987654521 Firat Edition Printed in the United States of America @ This edition is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39A8 Standard. Distributed in the United States by Randam House, Ine., aad in Canada by Random Howse of Canada Ltd Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lung bu ching. Engliob, Harmonizing yin and yang: the Dragon-tiger classic | translated and with an introduction by Eva Wong. — lst ed. poem. ISBN 1-37062-306-6 (pbk.: alk. paper) J. Taoism — Sacred books. 2. Alebemy —Religious aspects —Taoism. 3. Yin-yang. 4. Wong, Eva, 1951- . HL Title. BLISOO.L88E52 1997 97-2435 299' 51482 —de2} CIP| Contents Introduction: A Guide to Reading the Dragon-Tiger Classic Aabhanre 10. ll. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. PART ONE The Chamber of the Spirit Is the Pivot of the Elixir Yang Exits and Yin Enters Control Comes from the Ruler The Numerics of K’an and Li Are One and Two Hardness and Softness Embrace The Transformation of the Spirit Is Patterned after the Hexagrams Chi and Wei Water and Fire Have Their Own Territory Set Up Positions in the Chamber of the Spirit Substance and Nonsubstance Control Each Other Instructions Are Not Given Superfluously The Fire of Metal Is the True Lead It Becomes Subtle and Moist, Bright and Shiny The Mysterious Woman Unfolds the Process Part Two In Revealing the Nature of the Elixir Initially K’un Is Transformed into Chen In Sixteen Days They Diminish Chien and K’un Are at the Beginning and the End Vv 3) 56 4} oi 48 jt 35 58 62 65 70 76 79 8s 89 #2 96