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There are 36 characters in total, 3 per side. In full, the text reads:
To circulate the Vital Breath [行氣]:
Breathe deeply, then it will collect [深則蓄].
When it is collected, it will expand [蓄則伸].
When it expands, it will descend [伸則下].
When it descends, it will become stable [則定].
When it is stable, it will be regular [定則固].
When it is regular, it will sprout [固則萌].
When it sprouts, it will grow [萌則長].
When it grows, it will recede [長則退].
When it recedes, it will become heavenly [退則天].
The dynamism of Heaven is revealed in the ascending [天幾舂在上];
The dynamism of Earth is revealed in the descending [地幾舂在下].
Follow this and you will live; oppose it and you will die [順則生 逆則死]
- Translated by Harold Roth, in his 1997 paper "Evidence for Stages of Meditation in Early Taoism" 1 reply
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