Tao Te Ching

Chapter 7
[Original text]

Gushen [1] is immortal, which is called "Xuan Min [2]".The gate of the mysterious female [3] is called the root of heaven and earth.Mianmian [4] If you save it, use it infrequently [5].

【Note】

[1] Gushen: namely "Tao".The valley itself has the characteristics of emptiness and openness, describing the "Tao" as broad as a valley.God describes the magic and unpredictability of "Tao".

[2] Female (pìn): A female bird or beast, here refers to the "Tao" that can give birth to everything.

[3] Door: The genitals of female animals, referring to the root of the creation of heaven and earth and the birth of all things.

[4] Mianmian: Describe the continuous appearance like silk thread.

[5] Qin: Do.

【Analysis】

"Tao" seems to be able to contain everything, and at the same time it is ever-changing, and it will never die.It is the matrix that creates all life and non-life, and such a mysterious matrix has an exit that conceives all things, and this exit is the root of heaven and earth.This exit exists continuously like silk, but it is difficult to find its whereabouts, but its functions are endless.

【Explanation by Famous Artists】

Mr. He Shang:
Valley, support also.People who can raise their spirits will not die.God is also called the god of the five internal organs.The liver stores the soul, the lungs store the soul, the heart stores the spirit, the kidney stores the essence, and the spleen stores the mind.If the five Zangs are all injured, the five gods will go away.The way of saying immortality lies in Xuanmu.Xuan, the sky, is the nose of man.Female, the land also, is the mouth for people.The heavenly cannibal uses the five qi to enter and store in the heart from the nose.The five qi are mild, which is spiritual intelligence, and the sound is five-nature.Its ghost is called the soul, and the soul is a male, and the master enters and exits the human nose, and communicates with the sky, so the nose is mysterious.The ground cannibal uses the five flavors, which are stored in the stomach from the mouth.The five flavors are turbid and disgraceful, and they are flesh and blood, blood and six emotions.Its ghost is called po, ​​and the po is a female, and the master goes in and out of the mouth, and communicates with the earth, so the mouth is a female.

Root, yuan also.The door of speech, nose and mouth is where the vitality of the heaven and earth comes and goes.Breathing through the nose and mouth should be continuous and subtle, if it can exist, then if it doesn’t exist.When using Qi, you should be relaxed, not anxious and hardworking.

(End of this chapter)