A drifting guest from Han's end to Tang's land,
Thus the knocking of yao lines is hard to understand.
Horizontal, vertical, reverse, or smooth, no bar,
In stillness, non-action; in motion, it's forms that are.
I also drink wine, and also eat meat,
But hold firm among blossoms, cut off lust's heat.
Singing and chanting amid rouge and powder's song,
Keeping precepts, with wine and meat, my belly stays strong.
Form is medicine, wine is sustenance,
In wine and form, there is no constraint's adherence.
Only because flowers and wine mislead long life's quest,
Drinking with flowers makes spirits and ghosts distressed.
Do not break precepts, do not commit lust,
Breaking precepts sinks true suchness, a must.
Committing lust ruins the treasure of long life,
Those who attain it need the Dao's power, free from strife.
A man of Dao power, a true idle fellow,
Wine is a good friend, flowers a companion mellow.
Seeking the true man in lanes of flowers and willows,
The true man only plays where the flower street glows.
Pluck flowers, wear them, drink the wine of long life,
In scenes of non-action, the Dao thrives without strife.
Let the deluded masses laugh and find it strange,
Immortal flowers and wine are the immortal's range.
Arriving at this land, no ordinary guest,
The maiden and infant born with joy and zest.
In the cave, often plucking flowers of four seasons,
Seasonal flowers form the long-life elixir's reasons.
The long-life elixir, pluck the flower's heart,
Layer on layer of pistils, spring's beauty apart.
People of the time don't grasp the flower's principle,
One secret of heaven's mechanism worth gold, indivisible.
Thank heaven and earth, feel the void's expanse,
Meeting an immortal master is ancestral chance.
Whispering profound mysteries close to the ear,
Lifted to Penglai's first peak, without fear.
The first peak is an immortal thing,
Only producing golden flowers in a daze to bring.
Word of mouth passed down, no text to record,
Must have the spiritual root, marrow and bone accord.
Strengthen marrow and bone, refine the spiritual root,
Piece by piece, peach blossoms bloom in the cave, spring's fruit.
Seven sevens, white tigers raised in pairs,
Eight eights, green dragons total one pound, none spares.
True father and mother, sent to the primal palace,
Wood mother and metal lord, nature originally warm in solace.
In the twelve palaces, the toad's light appears,
Constantly earthly soul descends, heavenly soul nears.
Lead first formed, mercury first born,
Jade stove and golden tripod, yet unadorned.
One husband and one wife share heaven and earth,
One male and one female join, universe's rebirth.
Geng must be born, Jia must be born,
Born Jia and Geng, the Dao begins to be sworn.
Pull out heaven's root and earth's marrow,
White snow and yellow sprouts naturally grow.
Lead also born, mercury also born,
Born mercury and lead cooked in one place, well-worn.
Cooking and refining aren't essence and fluid mere,
But heaven, earth, universe, sun, and moon's essence clear.
Yellow matchmaker pairs to attain reunion,
Timing without error, orally passed on in union.
Eight trigrams and three origins all rely on mercury,
Five phases and four images never leave lead, see.
Lead begets mercury, mercury begets lead,
Seizing the universe's creative power ahead.
Dim and dark, birth in a daze,
Hazy and vague, forming a cluster in a maze.
Nature must be empty, intent focused tight,
Don't let the monkey mind casually take flight.
Flower dew first opens, avoid touching with care,
Locked in the upper cauldron, don't add or spare.
In the jade stove, gentle fire glows,
In twelve hours, only guard one, it shows.
Now yellow path meets yin and yang,
Three natures' primal palace, no leakage's pang.
If qi moves, refine with true fire,
Don't let the dark pearl leave the treasure spire.
Add fire timing, guard against danger keen,
First nine hidden dragon, not to be refined, unseen.
Fire of message, knife and spoon change,
Great earth's yellow sprouts all grow in range.
Within five phases' numbers, one yang born,
Twenty-four qi arrange a pearl feast adorn.
Fire sufficient in count, medicine then done,
Then dragon's hum and tiger's roar begun.
Three leads only one lead achieved,
Golden fruit, immortal sprout, not yet perceived.
Again set stove, re-establish tripod,
Ride tiger, mount dragon, leave mortal region rigid.
Sun essence just appears, moon glory congeals,
Two eights intersect at Ren and Bing, reveals.
Dragon mercury congeals, tiger lead forms,
Penglai is just a step away, in norms.
Earth lead, heaven mercury, golden elixir's source,
Dragon lead, tiger mercury, most spiritual force.
Reach this principle, the Dao then complete,
Thirty thousand divine dragons guard crystal neat.
Guard timing, fix days, clarify tally marks,
Focus mind only on intent devout, sparks.
Black lead passed, pick pure and true,
One bout of crossing determines peace anew.
Three carts transport pearl and treasure,
Send back to treasure store, self-aware with pleasure.
Heaven gods bless, earth spirits welcome,
Blend universe, sun, and moon's essence column.
Tiger roars once, dragon leaves its cave,
Phoenix flies, simurgh dances, from golden city brave.
Cinnabar matched, mercury halted,
A stretch of red clouds arrayed in supreme clarity vaulted.
Lead pool spurts golden light's sight,
Mercury fire flows pearls to imperial city's height.
Dragon and tiger mate, outwardly hold full,
Sages fly, spirits move in treasure vase pull.
In one double-hour, golden elixir done,
Ascend to golden palace, purple clouds begun.
Immortal peach ripe, pluck and eat,
Myriad transformations come, heaven and earth greet.
Fast and wait for one yang's birth,
Then enter cosmic cycle, join same worth.
Join same principle, refine golden elixir,
Water and fire steam through all passes clearer.
Nurture embryo ten months, spirit elixir forms,
A man bearing womb, no trivial norms.
Inner elixir done, outer elixir complete,
Inner and outer connect, harmonious and neat.
Form one piece of purple golden pill,
Transform, soar, heaven and earth long, still.
Elixir enters belly, not ordinary fare,
Yin and yang stripped, turn pure yang, bare.
Ascend with feathers, Three Purities' guest,
Fame achieved, merit done, reach highest crest.
Three Purities' guest, ride jade carriage,
Mount phoenix, soar to void, beyond marriage.
Such freedom, much joy to hold,
Roam Three Realms, most pure and bold.
Above the void, cultivators true,
Bright and round, one thing none, anew.
One thing none, only Dao shown,
Five directions reveal true man's likeness grown.
Immortal boys and girls on colored clouds meet,
Five Bright Palace transmits true decree, sweet.
Transmit true decree, speak hidden feelings,
Just true lead refining mercury's dealings.
Voice-hearers and pratyekas vanish like ice,
Outsiders and asuras shrink necks in surprise.
Touch dry bones, stand as form,
Believe Dao's ladder flat like palm, norm.
Nine ancestors' spirits gain transcendence,
Who envy splendor, wealth, and eminence?
Seek heroic martyr, find worthy talent,
Together set stove and tripod, transform mortal sediment.
If stingy with wealth and treasure,
Millions of immortals won't come with pleasure.
Cultivators true, don't speak false,
One false word, heaven's duke will appalse.
Eons of dust and sand, Dao not done,
Seven orifices' eyes all burst blood, none.
Poor child, swear keen,
Wait to lift all mortal streams, unseen.
Together cross Penglai's immortal gathering,
Mortal scenes torment without ceasing.
Dust world short, again ponder deep,
In cave's universe, sun and moon long keep.
Firm will, bitter effort two-three years,
Hundreds, thousands, eons, life spans frontiers.
Reach sage's Dao, reveal true constancy,
Tigers, rhinos, blades, soldiers harm no more, free.
Water, fire, flood dragons cause no harm,
Clap hands in heaven's palace, laugh with charm.
These merits, truly wondrous,
Entrust to others, who would want this?
Fools cling to death, form and wealth,
Thus immortals won't summon by stealth.
True ultimate Dao, chooses no man,
Never mind high, low, rich, or poor, can.
Even spare emperor's sons and king's grandsons,
Must leave splendor, file sharpness, runs.
Anger not removed, folly not changed,
Fall into轮回's sea of life, deranged.
Pile gold, amass jade, fill mountains and streams,
Immortals' cold laugh won't heed such dreams.
Fame not noble, Dao most supreme,
Sages and worthies show descendants' esteem.
Jade at waist, ride proud horse,
A glance like dust in a crack, of course.
Dust in crack, fire in stone,
Why linger for long plans alone?
Bitter torment calls not back,
Seize profit, fight fame like boiling pot's track.
Like boiling pot, forever sunk,
Lose Dao,迷 truth, karma's root, drunk.
If someone levels thorns in heart,
Then tell them heaven's mechanism's part.
Life must be passed, nature must be awakened,
Enter sage, transcend mortal, by you undertaken.
Three Purities' road few walk,
Beast class door front many flock.
Tell worthy and good, don't admire or gaze,
Life's mechanism must be guarded always.
If still lack one, not fragrant fair,
Clinging to obstacles should lose way there.
Only cultivate nature, not life,
This is cultivation's first strife.
Only cultivate ancestral nature, not elixir,
Eons of yin spirit hard to enter sage's sphere.
Reach life's school,迷 ancestral nature,
Like mirroring face without treasure's fixture.
Life long as heaven and earth, a fool,
Power over things, family wealth, no rule.
Nature and life dual cultivation, mysterious anew,
Sea's bottom vast waves drive dharma ship through.
Capture dragon's head alive and whole,
Then know master's hand not vain, goal.