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Líng
Bǎo Wú Liáng Dù Rén Shàng Pǐn Miào Jīng Juàn Zhī Èr Shí Èr
From the 'Numinous Treasure' Tradition [of Daoism (compiled by Lu Xiu-jang)]
'Boundless Salvation Highest-Level Wonderful-Scripture'
Scroll number Twenty-two
Xuán Yī
'Dark-Profundity'
Fēi
Shén Zhào Líng Pǐn
'Flying God Summons the Marvelous Power of the Highest Level'
Dào Yán Xí Yú Shǐ Qīng Tiān Zhōng Jiŭ Huá Yíng Chè Líng Míng Fú Gōng
Shòu Yuán Shǐ Dù Rén
Daoist doctrine states that in former times,
there was initially only the Cerulean Heaven at Nine-Flower Mountain (in AnHui).
There transparent and penetrating Power (Ling) and Knowing (Ming)
helped the palace [in training those striving]
to be initiated into 'Primal-Heaven's Salvation'.
Fēi Shén Zhào Líng Wú Liáng Shàng Pǐn Yuán Shǐ Tiān Zūn Dāng Shuō Shì
Jīng Zhōu Huí Shí Guò Yǐ Zhào
A Flying God Summons the Marvelous Power of the Boundless Highest Level.
The 'Primal Heaven Venerable-Worthy' states that this doctrine reverts back to,
and so helps explain the information given in the 'Ten Deviations' (Shi Guo),
in order to summon throughout
Shí Fāng Shǐ Dāng Yì Zuò Zǐ Qīng
the 'Ten Directions' (East South West North East-North East-South West-South
West-North Upwards and Downwards).
Only then it is suitable,[having these technical attainments,]
to take a visit to the 'Constellation-Seat (Zuo)
of the clear purple [palace] of the
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