Neidan (Nei Tan) - Kathleen Moore · Neidan (Nei Tan) “… resembling Metal, but not ordinary...
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Neidan(Nei Tan)
“…resembling Metal, but not ordinary metal,
resembling Water but no ordinary water.”
Jintan Dayao c. 1331
North
←WATERWinter
West↓METAL
AutumnTiger
CenterEARTH→Mid-summer
EastWOOD ↑
SpringDragon
South
FIRE ↓Summer
5 Agents 五行
Correspondences and Cycle of Mutual Production
8 Trigrams
Mountain, Keeping Still
Water The Abysmal
Heaven, The Creative
Lake, The Joyous
Earth,
The Receptive
Fire,
The Clinging
Wind , The Gentle
Thunder, The Arousing
KenK’anCh’ienTuiK’unLiSunChen
The Two Realms
• Anterior Realm– congenital
– inherited from parents, ancestors
– e.g., qi in kidneys
• Posterior Realm– acquired
– natural elements (food) taken into the body,
– e.g., Grain qi in spleen
Anterior HeavenPosterior Heaven
S S
N N
Anterior Realm
Ch’ien
(constant)
Li (resonance) K’an
K’un
8 Trigrams and Yin-YangAnterior Heaven Arrangement
Li
Chen
K’un
Ken
K’an
Sun
Ch’ien
Tui
The Posterior RealmThe world out of joint:
Li (S)
K’un
Ch’ien
K’an (N)
Neidan Reversion
• Freedom and Necessity
• Pre-natal: Ch’ien over K’un
• Post-natal: Li over K’an
• Identify in body– True Yang, True Yin
– Vital mercury, vital lead
Distilling the Enchymoma
K’AN trigram—yang (vital lead) within yinTiger with boy
LI trigram --yin (vital mercury) within yangDragon with maiden
Cauldron (earth)
Bringing Forth the Fire
Post-natal Inversion
S S
Li
K’an
K’an
Li
N N
Reconstitutionwith True Yang and True Yin
S SK’un
Ch’ien
N N
K’an
Li