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List of Illustrations. Introduction. Wei Boyang's Text.; 1. The Yin and Yang, Inner Vitality and Energy.; 2. The Person of Tru Virtue Who Fully Understands.; 3. Secretly Hidden Away and Forgotten.; 4. The Matching of the Moon-phases.; 5. The Function of the Shifting Lines.; 6. The Ruler and Minister in Managing Government.; 7. Fostering Your Inborn Nature and Securing Your Life.; 8. How the Son and Daughter Need Each Other.; 9. A Lucky Match for Our Good Prince.; 10. Understanding the Double-entranced Cave of Knowledge.; 11. Developing the Self Within to Build a Foundation.; 12. The Wise Sages' Secret Refinery.; 13. The Mild-mannered Maiden and the Yellow Shoot.; 14. The Unstable Pearl and the Golden Flower.; 15. These Four in Makeshift Chaos.; 16. Dawn and Dusk., Penalties and Powers.; 17. You Begin Thinking on Someone You Meet.; 18. Wei Boyang's Own Postface. Xu Congshi's Text.; 19. The Overall Ordering of Great Change.; 20. Heaven and Earth Set the Stage.; 21. The Sun and Moon, Those Suspended Images.; 22. The Wise of Old Observed the Skies Above.; 23. The Three Sages' Former Conceptions.; 24. The Two Seperate Energies Lovingly Transform.; 25. Teh Three Jewels, the real Crux.; 26. Understanding the Perverted and False Paths.; 27. Things of the Same Kind Essentially Join.; 28. The Two Boys of the Dragon and the Tiger.; 29. Gold Reverts Back to its Nature.; 30. Entry by a Side Entrance will see no Result.; 31. The Golden Elixir on a Knife-point.; 32. The Two Soils Complete the Work.; 33. Water and Fire, Their Inner Nature and Feelings. Addendum.; 34. A Model of Successful Achievement.; 35. The Mysterious Use of the Cauldron Vessel. Terms Used in this Book. Translation and History of the Text. Additional Select Bibliography. Index.