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DaoZang Volume 131,  Page 026a2

Book 10    A Faithful Rendition in Regular Text Plate 3   Scroll 57
DaoZang woodblock print from Volume 131, Page 026a2

Yù Shì Jīn Yào Cháng Wán-Quán
The Jade Key and the Gold Flute
normally constitute an Entirety.

Lǎo-Zǐ Yún Shàn Bì Wú-Guān Jiàn Ér Bù-Kĕ Kāi Yào Suō Yĕ Shì Huò Wéi Shí
Lao Zi says: It is fine to be able to lock up the Custom-House, but not to do so without the key,
because it is totally necessary to [later] open up and move the Small Flute from where it is locked up.


Bì-Kŏu Qū Shé Shí Tāi Jīn
Shutting the Mouth and bending the Tongue;
Eating also feeds the Fetus with its Saliva.

Qū Shé Tōng Jīn-Yè Shí Jīn Ér Tāi Xiān Gù-Yuè Tāi Jīn
'Crooking the Tongue' induces a flow of body fluid to mix with and moisten the food one is eating.
It is this saliva that brings the Fetus to become an Immortal Fairy.
Therefore, it is said to be 'Fetal Saliva'.



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