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Door of Moon
Earth Gate
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Fig. 9. The Taoist altar as a microcosm. *Wushang biyao (Supreme Secret Es entials; CT n38), 52.ra.
The diagram on the right is based on Lagerwey r987c, 36; see his comments ibid., 30-36.

Fig. 10. Human figure surrounded by em-
blems associated with Yin and Yang and the
Five Agents (*wuxing): Dragon (Yang) and
Tiger (Ym); the hare in Moon (Yang within
Yin) and the crow in the Sun (Yin within
Yang); trigrams of the Book of Changes
(*Yijing); and names of ingredients of the
Inner Elixir (*neidan ). *Yunji qiqian (Seven
Lots from the Bookbag of the Clouds; CT
1032),72.34a.