espite its brevity, the Yinfu jing, or Book of the Hidden Agreement, is one of the most obscure and difficult Taoist texts. Traditionally attributed to the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi, one of mythical founders of Chinese civilization, and the foremost in the eyes of the Taoists), it dates from between the late sixth and the eighth century.
Later texts of Neidan (Internal Alchemy) have often placed the Yinfu jing with the Daode jing (Book of the Way and Its Virtue) and the Cantong qi (The Seal of the Unity of the Three) at the origins of their teachings. Within Neidan, the text is especially well-known for its idea of “stealing the mechanism” (daoji), which Neidan adepts understand as meaning the inversion of the process that leads from the precelestial to the postcelestial domains.
The commentary translated here is by Yu Yan (born in Suzhou, 1258–1314), a learned and prolific author of independent works and commentaries to earlier texts. Part of his works examine the Book of Changes (Yijing) and Chinese cosmology, while others are concerned with Neidan.
This ebook contains a complete translation of the Yinfu jing with Yu Yan’s commentary.

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
Section 24
Works Cited
Golden Elixir Press
Notes

2020-03-18