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Fig. 5. Examples of talismans (see also figs. r8, 53 and 73).
(a) Talisman of the Jade Women, in Wushangxuanyuan santian Yutangdafa $.\€J: ~j[; '=:J:: T
1l!:.k it; (Great Rites of the Jade Hall of the Three Heavens, of the Supreme MysteriOus Origin;
CT 220), 2I.Sb.
(b) Talisman for Removing the Miasma of Mountains and Valleys, in Lingbao wulumg duren
shangpin miaojing !!it ' $.\€1 1(JJlAJ: lib J&~Ji! (Wondrous Scripture of the Upper Chapters of the
Numinous Treasure on Limitless Salvation; CT r), 4S.13b. See comments in Chen HSiang-ch'un
1942,47- 48.
(c) A "Thunder talisman," in Fahai yizhu it.#iJIDl)j( (Uncollected Pearls from the Ocean of
Rituals; CT u66), 23-7b.
(d) Talisman for Expelling the Demons (on the right, a variant of its inner part), in Hliangdi
jiuding shendanjingjue Y'i:* :f1jf,'I.fil1 JHll!. ilk (Insrructions on the Scripture of the Divine Elixirs
of the Nine Tripods of the Yellow Emperor; CT 885; see *jiudanjitlg), S.9a- Ioa.
(e) Talisman for Entering a Mountain, in *Baopu zi,j. 17.