The Yellow Court (huangting), symbolic center of the human being.
The phrase in the inner circle reads “Spirit of the Center.” The other phrases read (clockwise from the top): “Yellow Court,” “Gate of the Meaning of the Dao,” “Empty Non-being,” “Gate of All Wonders,” “Great Ultimate,” “Gate of the Mysterious-Female,” “True Emptiness,” “Gate of the Non-dual Doctrine.”
Source: Liu Yiming, Huangting jing jie (Explication of the Book of the Yellow Court).
The Seal of the Unity of the Three: A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi, the Source of the Taoist Way of the Golden Elixir
Under an allusive poetical language and thick layers of images and symbols, the Cantong qi, or Seal of the Unity of the Three, hides the teachings that gave birth to Taoist Internal Alchemy, or Neidan. This book contains a complete translation, with explanations of its poems and lines.
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