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364- 70; Shangqing likely adopted both as "inferior" texts, as it did with several
earlier texts and practices (especially those mentioned in the biographies of the
Shangqing saints, as is the case with Wei Huacun). Allusions to sexual practices
in both versions also indicate an origin earlier than the Shangqing revelations.
Both versions, at any rate, seem to have undergone textual adjustments.
Content. Written in heptasyllabic meter, the Huangting jing uses a poetic and
secret language. It was to be recited to expel calamities and ailments and to
attain longevity and spiritual quietude. It alludes to practices aiming to achieve
bodily and spiritual perfection in the *yangsheng (Nourishing Life) tradition,
which can be traced back to the third century BeE. It probably had a mnemo-
technical role in helping those who performed these practices, and is said to
allow the practitioner to see the subtle forms of his viscera and his spirits,
and to have deities become his servants. The *Dengzhen yinjue (Concealed