Awakening to Reality: Poem 12
Quoted from:
Awakening to Reality: The "Regulated Verses" of the Wuzhen pian, a Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy, translated by Fabrizio Pregadio, page 57
In plants and trees, Yin and Yang
are equal to one another;
let either be lacking,
and they do not bloom.
First the green leaves open,
for Yang is the first to sing,
then a red flower blossoms,
as Yin follows later.
This is the constant Dao
that everyone uses daily;
but returning to the True Origin —
does anyone know about this?
I announce to all of you
who study the Dao:
if you do not comprehend Yin and Yang,
do not fiddle around.
Source: Wuzhen pian (Awakening to Reality), poem 12.
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