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6. Qubingyannian liuzifa *m~~/\ ~t! (Method of the Six Sounds [of
Breathing] to Eliminate Di eases and Extend One's Years), also found in
the Xiuzhen shishu (19.6a) and in Hu Wenhuan's Leixiu yaojue.
7. Wuqin xi :El ~ ~ (Five Animals Pattern) attributed to Hua Tuo ¥ ~t:
(142- 219). The description of the pattern given in this text radically differs
from that of the *Yangxingyanming lu (On Nourishing Inner Nature and
Extending Life). The Wuqin xi contains the first known illustrated version,
and was often used in later works on *yangsheng (Nourishing Life) and
daoyin. (On the Five Animals Pattern see the entry *daoyin. )
8. Baduan jin ) ¥j[~ (Eight Brocades), also found in the Xiuzhen shishu
(19-4a-5b) and in *Zhu Quan's (1378- 1448) Huoren xinfa m .A)l,\?~ (Spiri-
tual Methods to Provide Life Energy). (On the movements of the Eight
Brocades see the entry *daoyin.)
9. Forty-six movements for circulating breath (*xingqi) and healing diseases.
Twenty-seven of these are done in a sitting position, thirteen in an upright
position, and six in a reclining position. The titles of the movements evoke
the names of twenty-one immortals in the *Liexian zhuan (Biographies of
Exemplary Immortals), the Eight Immortals (*baxian), and the sixteen im-
mortals mentioned in the 'f\.scending in Flight" ("Feisheng" ~!ft ) chapter
of the *Xu xianzhuan (Sequel to Biographies of Immortals). They also
mention other famous Taoists and *neidan adepts such as *Chen Tuan,
*Liu Haichan, and *Bai Yuchan. These movements are similar to those
in Luo Hongxian's §~1G (1504-64; DMB 980- 84) Wanshou xianshu ,-;
~{w f!f (Writings of the Immortals for Ten-Thousand-Fold Longevity).
They appear again later, e.g., in the Neigong tushuo i*l Jj] 11 ~ (Illustrated
Explanations of Inner Practices; late Qing), but in different versions and
sometimes with different titles.
10. Twelve illustrations with poems on neidan techniques, each of which
represents a follower of Mount Hua (*Huashan, Shaanxi) in a reclining
po ition (Teri Takehiro 1990). In another version, these techniques are
attributed to Chen Tuan who lived on Mount Hua.
Catherine DESPEUX
m Despeux 1988 (trans.)

* yangsheng