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	== Definition(s) ==		== Definition(s) ==
	▣ The Original Spirit ([[~~Yuan shen~~ 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[Zhong Lü chuandao ji 鍾呂傳道集\|ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。		▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuanshen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[Zhong Lü chuandao ji 鍾呂傳道集\|ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。

	⦿ [[Haiqiong Bai zhenren yulu 海瓊白真人語錄\|BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。		⦿ [[Haiqiong Bai zhenren yulu 海瓊白真人語錄\|BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。

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	<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>		<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>

	⦿ [[Jindan dayao 金丹大要\|JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|''qi'']]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|''shen'']]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying er 嬰兒 ①\|''ying'er'' ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。		⦿ [[Jindan dayao 金丹大要\|JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|''qi'']]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|''shen'']]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying'er 嬰兒 ①\|''ying'er'' ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。

	⦿ [[Wuzhen pian 悟真篇\|WZP]] XJY 13 ''Comm. [[Lu Xixing 陸西星\|Lu Xixing]]'': First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo (''[[Tuotai 脫胎\|tuotai]]''), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。		⦿ [[Wuzhen pian 悟真篇\|WZP]] XJY 13 ''Comm. [[Lu Xixing 陸西星\|Lu Xixing]]'': First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo (''[[Tuotai 脫胎\|tuotai]]''), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。

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	⦿ [[Jindan dayao 金丹大要\|JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|''qi'']]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|''shen'']]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying er 嬰兒 ①\|''ying'er'' ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。		⦿ [[Jindan dayao 金丹大要\|JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|''qi'']]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|''shen'']]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying er 嬰兒 ①\|''ying'er'' ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。

	⦿ [[Wuzhen pian 悟真篇\|WZP]] XJY 13 ''Comm. [[Lu Xixing 陸西星\|Lu Xixing]]'': First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo ([[~~Tuo tai~~ 脫胎\|''tuotai'']]), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。		⦿ [[Wuzhen pian 悟真篇\|WZP]] XJY 13 ''Comm. [[Lu Xixing 陸西星\|Lu Xixing]]'': First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo (''[[Tuotai 脫胎\|tuotai]]''), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。

	⦿ [[Xiuzhen biannan 修真辨難\|XZBN]]: The Yang Spirit is the precelestial Original Spirit; it is what the [[Yinfu jing 陰符經\|''Yinfu jing'']] (Book of the Hidden Agreement) calls “the Spirit that is not spirit.”() . . . “The Spirit that is not spirit” inverts the course of creation and transformation (''zaohua'') and is coagulated from Emptiness. Life and death for it are no obstructions: it is “transcendent and alone.”(*) It is the true seed that generates the immortals and accomplishes the buddhas. 陽神乃先天之元神，『陰符經』謂「不神而神」者是也。. . . 「不神而神，」逆其造化，從虛空中結就，生死不礙，超然獨存，乃生仙成佛之真種。		⦿ [[Xiuzhen biannan 修真辨難\|XZBN]]: The Yang Spirit is the precelestial Original Spirit; it is what the [[Yinfu jing 陰符經\|''Yinfu jing'']] (Book of the Hidden Agreement) calls “the Spirit that is not spirit.”() . . . “The Spirit that is not spirit” inverts the course of creation and transformation (''zaohua'') and is coagulated from Emptiness. Life and death for it are no obstructions: it is “transcendent and alone.”(*) It is the true seed that generates the immortals and accomplishes the buddhas. 陽神乃先天之元神，『陰符經』謂「不神而神」者是也。. . . 「不神而神，」逆其造化，從虛空中結就，生死不礙，超然獨存，乃生仙成佛之真種。
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	▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。		▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。

	⦿ [[BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。		⦿ [[Haiqiong Bai zhenren yulu 海瓊白真人語錄\|BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。

	<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>		<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>

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	== Definition(s) ==		== Definition(s) ==
	▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[~~Fa shen 法身\|~~fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。		▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。

	⦿ [[BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。		⦿ [[BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。
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	== Definition(s) ==		== Definition(s) ==
	▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|yuanshen 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[Fa shen 法身\|fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for an example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|shen wai you shen]]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。		▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[Fa shen 法身\|fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。

	⦿ [[BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。		⦿ [[BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。
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	<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>		<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>

	⦿ [[JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|shen]]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying er 嬰兒 ①\|ying'er ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。		⦿ [[JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|''qi'']]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|''shen'']]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying er 嬰兒 ①\|''ying'er'' ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。

	⦿ [[WZP]] XJY 13 Comm. Lu Xixing: First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo ([[Tuo tai 脫胎\|tuotai]]), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。		⦿ [[WZP]] XJY 13 ''Comm. [[Lu Xixing 陸西星\|Lu Xixing]]'': First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo ([[Tuo tai 脫胎\|''tuotai'']]), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。

	⦿ [[XZBN]]: The Yang Spirit is the precelestial Original Spirit; it is what the [[Yinfu jing 陰符經\|''Yinfu jing'']] (Book of the Hidden Agreement) calls “the Spirit that is not spirit.”() . . . “The Spirit that is not spirit” inverts the course of creation and transformation (''zaohua'') and is coagulated from Emptiness. Life and death for it are no obstructions: it is “transcendent and alone.”(*) It is the true seed that generates the immortals and accomplishes the buddhas. 陽神乃先天之元神，『陰符經』謂「不神而神」者是也。. . . 「不神而神，」逆其造化，從虛空中結就，生死不礙，超然獨存，乃生仙成佛之真種。		⦿ [[XZBN]]: The Yang Spirit is the precelestial Original Spirit; it is what the [[Yinfu jing 陰符經\|''Yinfu jing'']] (Book of the Hidden Agreement) calls “the Spirit that is not spirit.”() . . . “The Spirit that is not spirit” inverts the course of creation and transformation (''zaohua'') and is coagulated from Emptiness. Life and death for it are no obstructions: it is “transcendent and alone.”(*) It is the true seed that generates the immortals and accomplishes the buddhas. 陽神乃先天之元神，『陰符經』謂「不神而神」者是也。. . . 「不神而神，」逆其造化，從虛空中結就，生死不礙，超然獨存，乃生仙成佛之真種。

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			[[File:Yangshen_300.jpg\|thumb\|338x338px\|The Yang Spirit. Source: [[Xingming guizhi 性命圭旨\|''Xingming guizhi'']]. ]]

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	== Definition(s) ==		== Definition(s) ==
	▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。		▣ The Original Spirit ([[Yuan shen 元神\|''yuanshen'' 元神]]), or precelestial Spirit (''xiantian zhi shen'' 先天之神), either innately possessed or attained through Neidan. Its appearance in the last stage of the practice is said to mark its successful completion. Complementary and ultimately equivalent to the dharma-body ([[fashen 法身]]), as also shown by illustrations where the Yang Spirit is represented as a “spiritual body” that has the same outward appearance as the practitioner (for one example, see the picture on this page). <blockquote>⦿ [[Zhong Lü chuandao ji 鍾呂傳道集\|ZLCDJ]] 9: When the Great Medicine is achieved, the Yang Spirit comes forth. “Outside the body there is another body” ([[Shen wai you shen 身外有身\|''shen wai you shen'']]), like a cicada casting off its skin. 大藥成而陽神出。身外有身，似蟬脫蛻。

	⦿ [[Haiqiong Bai zhenren yulu 海瓊白真人語錄\|BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。		⦿ [[Haiqiong Bai zhenren yulu 海瓊白真人語錄\|BZRYL]] 1: When the embryo is delivered and one “changes one’s bones,”(*) when “outside the body there is another body,” when one gathers to achieve a form and disperses to achieve Breath ([[Qi 氣\|qi]]), this is the Yang Spirit. 脫胎換骨，身外有身，聚則成形，散則成氣，此陽神也。
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	<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>		<small>(*) “Changing the bones” is a metaphor for “changing one’s destiny” and becoming an immortal.</small>

	⦿ [[JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|''qi'']]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|''shen'']]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying er 嬰兒 ①\|''ying'er'' ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。		⦿ [[Jindan dayao 金丹大要\|JDDY]] 6: Thus we know that form (''xing'') transmutes itself into Breath ([[Qi 氣\|''qi'']]), and Breath transmutes itself into Spirit ([[Shen 神\|''shen'']]). This Spirit is called the Infant ([[Ying er 嬰兒 ①\|''ying'er'' ①]]), and is also called the Yang Spirit. 則知形化為氣，氣化為神，是曰嬰兒，是曰陽神。

	⦿ [[WZP]] XJY 13 ''Comm. [[Lu Xixing 陸西星\|Lu Xixing]]'': First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo ([[Tuo tai 脫胎\|''tuotai'']]), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。		⦿ [[Wuzhen pian 悟真篇\|WZP]] XJY 13 ''Comm. [[Lu Xixing 陸西星\|Lu Xixing]]'': First seek Non-Being within Being, then generate Being from Non-Being. In ten months the practice is complete, and Original Spirit comes forth from the opening [in the sinciput]. After the delivery of the embryo ([[Tuo tai 脫胎\|''tuotai'']]), Spirit transmutes itself, and “outside the body there is another body.” As it comes from within Being (''you'') and is taken from within Non-Being (''wu''), as it is sought within movement (''dong'') and is transformed within quiescence (''jing''), it is called Yang Spirit. 始自有中尋無，復自無中生有。十月功圓，元神出竅。脫胎神化，身外有身。以其自有中來，無中取，動中求，靜裏變，謂之陽神。

	⦿ [[XZBN]]: The Yang Spirit is the precelestial Original Spirit; it is what the [[Yinfu jing 陰符經\|''Yinfu jing'']] (Book of the Hidden Agreement) calls “the Spirit that is not spirit.”() . . . “The Spirit that is not spirit” inverts the course of creation and transformation (''zaohua'') and is coagulated from Emptiness. Life and death for it are no obstructions: it is “transcendent and alone.”(*) It is the true seed that generates the immortals and accomplishes the buddhas. 陽神乃先天之元神，『陰符經』謂「不神而神」者是也。. . . 「不神而神，」逆其造化，從虛空中結就，生死不礙，超然獨存，乃生仙成佛之真種。		⦿ [[Xiuzhen biannan 修真辨難\|XZBN]]: The Yang Spirit is the precelestial Original Spirit; it is what the [[Yinfu jing 陰符經\|''Yinfu jing'']] (Book of the Hidden Agreement) calls “the Spirit that is not spirit.”() . . . “The Spirit that is not spirit” inverts the course of creation and transformation (''zaohua'') and is coagulated from Emptiness. Life and death for it are no obstructions: it is “transcendent and alone.”(*) It is the true seed that generates the immortals and accomplishes the buddhas. 陽神乃先天之元神，『陰符經』謂「不神而神」者是也。. . . 「不神而神，」逆其造化，從虛空中結就，生死不礙，超然獨存，乃生仙成佛之真種。

	<small>(**) [[YFJ]] 14: “Man knows the Spirit that is spirit, but does not know why what is not spirit is Spirit” 人知其神之神，不知不神之所以神. According to Liu Yiming, the “Spirit that is not spirit” is the precelestial Spirit in its original state, as distinguished by the “Spirit that is spirit,” which is the ordinary mind.</small>		<small>(**) [[Yinfu jing 陰符經\|YFJ]] 14: “Man knows the Spirit that is spirit, but does not know why what is not spirit is Spirit” 人知其神之神，不知不神之所以神. According to Liu Yiming, the “Spirit that is not spirit” is the precelestial Spirit in its original state, as distinguished by the “Spirit that is spirit,” which is the ordinary mind.</small>

	<small>(***) This expression is found in several Taoist and Buddhist texts.</small></blockquote>		<small>(***) This expression is found in several Taoist and Buddhist texts.</small></blockquote>

	== Related Terms ==		== Related Terms ==
	☞ [[~~Chu shen 出神\|~~chushen 出神]]; [[fashen 法身]]; [[shen 神]]; [[shen wai you shen 身外有身]]; [[~~Tuo tai 脫胎\|~~tuotai 脫胎]]; [[~~Yuan shen 元神\|~~yuanshen 元神]]		☞ [[chushen 出神]]; [[fashen 法身]]; [[shen 神]]; [[shen wai you shen 身外有身]]; [[tuotai 脫胎]]; [[yuanshen 元神]]

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