Liber I · Alchemy
Chapter III
Chinese Alchemy
6 min readChinese Alchemy: Waidan, Neidan and the Elixir of ImmortalityChinese alchemy explained: external alchemy (waidan) and its mineral elixirs, Ge Hong and the Cantong qi, Tang elixir poisoning and the rise of neidan.7 min readThe Cantong qi: China's Classic of Alchemy and the ElixirThe Cantong qi, or Seal of the Unity of the Three: its legendary author Wei Boyang, dating, Book of Changes cosmology, lead and mercury, and later readings.7 min readWuzhen pian: Zhang Boduan's Awakening to Reality ExplainedThe Wuzhen pian (Awakening to Reality), Zhang Boduan's 1075 poems on Taoist inner alchemy: structure, lead and mercury, Chan, the Southern Lineage.
Forthcoming in this chapter
1- Chinese Waidan: Meaning, History and Practice