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Shí Fāng Zhì Zhēn Fēi Tiān Shén Wáng Zhǎng Shēng Dù Shì Wú Liāng
Dà Shén Bìng
These are the Ten Directions (East South West North East-North
East-South West-South West-North Upwards and Downwards).
It is Extreme Truth (Zhi Zhen),
[the domain of the] Flying Female Immortals,
who help the God-King of Longevity (Shen Wang Zhang Sheng),
the one who measures out the length of one's lifetime.
Giving forth boundless salvation,
Chéng Cuì Xiá Sān Jǐng Yáo Niǎng Sù Yún Shí Huá Dān Yú Yŭ Gài Qíong Lún
Cān Jià
Riding in a chariot, showing emerald green against the red-tinged clouds.
Over the Three Famous Beautiful Scenery Spots (San Jing) in a Green Jasper (Yao)
man-drawn imperial carriage (Niang) amongst plain white clouds
just like Perfect Flowers (Shi Hua).
A red Carriaged Sedan (Yu) with a feathered canopy and wheels of fine jade.
Having a three-horsed team carriage
Zhū Fēng Wŭ Sè Xuán Lóng Jiàn Jiŭ Dào Zhāo Shén Zhī Jié Qī Júe Shuāng
Luó Zhī
of bright Vermilion,
upon winds of all five colors (green, red, yellow, white, and black).
A Black Dragon (Xuan Long) advocates nine new-built pathways,
where beckons their Divine Spirits (Shen) at their node-points.
There passes a four-lined, seven characters per line Poem (Qi Jue)
[inked] upon a frost-white silk gauze
Fān Qián Xiào Jiŭ Fēng Qí Chàng Hòu Chuī Bā Luán Tóng Míng Líng
funeral banner, and marching ahead of it,
the howling and roaring of a chorus of nine winds.
In the background, is [heard] the playing
of wind instruments [such as flutes and horns],
and eight [phoenix bridle-type] bells,
sounding together like the rings and cries of birds and animals,
and the powerful
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