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(e.g., abstention from cereals or *bigu, and meditation on the Ocean of Pneuma
or qihai *t fflJ) they will be able to enter the first five stages, which lead from
agitation to tranquillity of mind. During the following seven phases, adepts
gradually refine the body into Pneuma (*qi); this is said to be the stage of the
Real Man (*zhenren). The refinement of Pneuma into Spirit (*shen) results in
achieving the stage of the Divine Man (*shenren). Those who join their spirit
with the world of form are known as "accomplished men" (zhiren ~A) .
Ute ENGELHARDT

m Engelhardt 1989; Kohn 1987a, II9- 23 (trans.); Kohn 1993b, 319- 25 (trans.)

* Sun Simiao; MEDITATION AND VISUALIZATION