Taoist Alchemy: Pictures
See also Taoism: Pictures and Tables
Neijing tu (Chart of the Inner Warp)
A famous chart that represents the human body following the course of the Neidan practice.
Xiuzhen tu (Chart for the Cultivation of Reality)
A Neidan chart of the body that underscores cosmological elements.
Qian (☰) and Kun (☷)
Qian and Kun, the male and female principles.
Dragon and Tiger
Dragon and Tiger joining their essences in the alchemical tripod.
Xuanpin (Mysterious-Female)
An emblem of the conjunction of the male and female principles.
The Child
A common representation of the Elixir in Taoist Internal Alchemy.
The Yellow Court
A chart of the symbolic center of the human being.
Chart of the Fire Phases
A chart drawn in 1284, showing correspondences among spatial directions and temporal cycles.
Neidan Emblems
Human figure surrounded by emblems associated with Yin and Yang and the five agents (wuxing).
The Body as a Mountain
The human body represented as a mountain.