Zhenren 真人

[Golden Dragon Shining]

Zhenren 真人

 

Yuan you "Far-off journey"

 

I honoured the wondrous powers of the Pure Ones,

And those of past ages who had become Immortals.

They departed in the flux of change and vanished from men's sight,

Leaving a famous name that endures after them. (tr. Hawkes 1985:194)

 

Shou zhi "Maintaining Resolution" (in the Nine Longings section) also uses it, translated here as "Immortals".

 

I visited Fu Yue, bestriding a dragon,

Joined up in marriage with the Weaving Maiden,

Lifted up Heaven's Net to capture evil,

Drew the Bow of Heaven to shoot at wickedness,

Followed the Immortals fluttering through the sky. (tr. Hawkes 1985:318)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhenren

 

[Rocky Lionmouth]

Beware brave wanderer and heed my warning:

Seek the True Man online and his path to the whole

but falleth not into the wiki-hole, known as the Hell of Ten New Tabs opened for every word in blue.

- its taste is sweet but it will make the Moons loving guard of your sleep wasted,

for your rest is no more

Edited March 27, 2017 by Rocky Lionmouth

[Golden Dragon Shining]

Hm, sleep + sun/nature is important. Yes, don't get too caught up in...

Edited March 27, 2017 by Golden Dragon Shining

[Mudfoot]

The light.

You must enter the light.

(and circulate it)

[Marblehead]

And once you have seen the light you might be able to follow it back to the source of the energy that created the light.

[Rocky Lionmouth]