我家耑種自家田 I am properly and attentively cultivating my own field –
内有靈苗活萬年 Inside there are numinous sprouts18 that live for ten thousand years.
花似黄金色不異 The flowers resemble yellow gold, their color not uncommon;
子如玉粒果皆圓 The seeds are like jade grain, their fruits perfectly round.
栽培全賴中宮土 Cultivation completely depends on the earth of the Central Palace;
灌溉須憑上谷泉 Irrigation necessarily relies on the spring in the Upper Valley.
功課一朝成大道 The practice is completed suddenly and I attain the great Tao –
逍遙陸地作蓬仙 I wander carefree19 over land and water as an immortal of P'eng-lai.20, 21
鐵牛畊地種金錢 The iron ox plows the field where golden coins are sown;
刻石兒童把貫串 Engraving the stone, the young lad holds a string of cash.
一粒粟中藏世界 A single grain of millet contains the entire world;
半升鐺内煮山川 Mountains and streams are decocted in a half-sheng cauldron.
白頭老子眉垂地 The eyebrows of white-headed Lao-tzu hang down to the earth,
碧眼胡僧手托天 And the blue-eyed foreign monk holds up the heavens.
若向此糸玄會得 Orient yourself towards the mysterious and it is realized –
此糸糸外更無糸 Outside of this mystery there is no other mystery.
復復連連歩歩週 Repeatedly, constantly, [the treadmill] is peddled in cycles;22
機關撥轉水東流 When the mechanism revolves, the water flows eastward.
萬丈深潭應見底 The water, ten-thousand fathoms deep, is seen straight to its bottom;
甘泉湧起南山頭 A sweet spring bubbles up, rising to the summit of Southern Mountain.23

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1 巨峯頂 Summit of the great peak
2 延壽 Prolonging longevity [and [attaining] immortality and Buddhahood]
3 泥丸宮 Ni-wan Palace12
4 一粒粟中藏世界 A grain of millet containing the world
5 仙佛 [Prolonging longevity and] [attaining] immortality and Buddhahood32
6 昇陽府 Prefecture of rising yang
7 九峯山 Mountain of nine peaks
8 鬱羅靈台 Numinous11 terrace of the thickly-meshed net
9 白頭老子眉垂地 Eyebrows of white-headed Lao-tzu hanging down to earth
10 若向此玄玄會得 If you orient yourself towards the mysterious, the mysterious will be attained
11 此糸糸外更無糸 Outside this mystery, there is no mystery13
12 靈峯之穴 Cavity of the numinous peak
13 玉真上關 Upper pass of jade perfection10
14 昇法之源 Origin of the ascending method
15 飱咽 Larynx
16 督脈 Governing vessel (tu-mai)
17 二腎府之穴 Cavity of the two kidney storehouses
18 半升鐺内煮山川 Mountains and streams decocting in a half-sheng9 cauldron
19 十二樓臺藏秘訣 The twelve-storied pagoda stores the secret transmission17
20 氣疾 Ch'i sickness ...
21 降橋 ... over the descending bridge14
22 碧眼胡僧手托天 The blue-eyed foreign monk holding up the heavens15
23 任脈 Conception vessel (jen-mai)
24 法藏云 Fa-tsang24 says:
紺目澄清四大海 "Violet eyes25 clarify the four great oceans;
白毫宛轉至須彌 the white light26 pervades Mount Sumeru."27
25 慈氏云 Tz'u-shih28 (Maitreya Buddha) says:
眉間常放白毫光 "Between the eyebrows white light constantly emanates;29
能滅衆生轉輪苦 this can liberate all sentient beings from the suffering of ceaseless reincarnation."

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Middle Section
26 五十境内隱糸關 Mysterious pass hidden in fifty regions7
27 心神丹元字守靈 The spirit of the heart is [called] Elixir Origin (Tan-yüan),
given name Guarding the Numen (Shou-ling).3
28 牛郎橋星 Cowherder constellation
29 艮土 Ken-mountain 艮 earth8
30 者田 This field [is the earth of ken-mountain]
31 刻石兒童把貫串 Engraving the stone, the lad holds a string of cash5
32 胆神龍曜字威明 The spirit of the gall bladder is [called] Dragon Glory (Lung-yao),
given name Majestic Illumination (Wei-ming).
33 肺神華皓自虚成 The spirit of the lungs is [called4] Brilliant Splendor (Hua-hao),
given name Emptiness Complete (Hsü-ch'eng).
34 肝神龍烟字含明 The spirit of the liver is [called] Dragon Mist (Lung-yen),
given name Containing Illumination (Han-ming).
35 我家耑種自家田 I am properly and attentively cultivating my own field –
内有靈苗活萬年 Inside there are numinous sprouts18 that live for ten thousand years.
花似黄金色不異 The flowers resemble yellow gold, their color not uncommon;
子如玉粒果皆圓 The seeds are like jade grain, their fruits perfectly round.
栽培全賴中宮土 Cultivation completely depends on the earth of the Central Palace;
灌溉須憑上谷泉 Irrigation necessarily relies on the spring in the Upper Valley.
功課一朝成大道 The practice is completed suddenly and I attain the great Tao –
逍遙陸地作蓬仙 I wander carefree19 over land and water as an immortal of P'eng-lai.20, 21
36 織女運轉 Weaving Maiden transporting and transferring
37 腎神玄冥字育嬰 The spirit of the kidneys is [called] Mysterious Obscurity (Hsüan-ming),
given name Nourishing the Child (Yü-ying).
38 脾神常在字魂亭 The spirit of the spleen is [called] Continuously Existing (Ch'ang-tsai),
given name Ethereal Soul Pavilion (Hun-t'ing).
39 中丹田 Central elixir field
40 鐵牛畊地種金錢 Iron ox plowing the field where coins are sown

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41 正丹田 Correct elixir field
42 坎水逆流 K'an-water flowing in reverse2
43 復復連連歩歩週 Repeatedly, constantly, [the treadmill] is peddled in cycles;22
機關撥轉水東流 When the mechanism revolves, the water flows eastward.
萬丈深潭應見底 The water, ten-thousand fathoms deep, is seen straight to its bottom;
甘泉湧起南山頭 A sweet spring bubbles up, rising to the summit of Southern Mountain.23
44 陰陽玄蹅車 The mysterious yin-yang treadmill1
45 鐵牛畊地種金錢 The iron ox plows the field where golden coins are sown;
刻石兒童把貫串 Engraving the stone, the young lad holds a string of cash.5
一粒粟中藏世界 A single grain of millet contains the entire world;
半升鐺内煮山川 Mountains and streams are decocted in a half-sheng9 cauldron.
白頭老子眉垂地 The eyebrows of white-headed Lao-tzu hang down to the earth,
碧眼胡僧手托天 And the blue-eyed foreign monk holds up the heavens.
若向此糸玄會得 Orient yourself towards the mysterious and it is realized –
此玄玄外更無糸 Outside of this mystery there is no other mystery.

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46 此圖向無傳
This diagram has never been transmitted before.
本縁丹道廣大精微 鈍根人無從領取
The fundamental reason for this is because the Way of the Elixir is vast and subtle,
and there are obtuse people30 who do not have the ability to grasp it.
是以罕傳於世
Consequently, it rarely has been transmitted in the world.
子偶於高松山齋中 檢觀書畫
I happened to observe the diagram among the books and paintings in the study
(chai 齋) of Kao Sung-shan 高松山.
此圖適懸壁上
By chance, it was hanging on a wall.
繪法工細
The skill used in its painting technique is finely executed.
筋節脈絡註解分明 一一悉藏竅要
The annotations of the joints and articulations (chin-chieh 筋節), meridians and
vessels (mai-lo 脈絡) are clearly distinguished, and each one contains specific
cavities (ch'iao 竅).
展玩良久 覺有會心
I examined [the diagram] for a long time and realized that my comprehension
was growing.
始悟一身之呼吸吐納 即天地之盈虚消息
I began to realize that exhalation and inhalation (hu-hsi 呼吸) as well as expelling
and ingesting (tu-na 吐納) of the human body are the waxing and waning31 as well
as the ebb and flow of the cosmos.
苟能神而明之 金丹大道 思過半矣
If you can divine and gain insight into this, you will have progressed more than
halfway on your inquiry into the great Way of the Golden Elixir (chin-tan ta-tao 金
丹大道).
誠不敢私為獨得
In truth, I did not dare to keep this for myself alone.
爰急付梓 以廣流傳
Therefore, I had it engraved on a printing block [so that it might be] widely
disseminated.
素雲道人敬摹并識
Engraved with deep reverence as an inscribed record by [Liu Ch'eng-yin,] the
Taoist Su-yün

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The human body contains 360 bones and joints, 84000 hair and pores
At the back there are three gates: Wěilǘ, Jiājǐ and Yùzhěn1
Wěilǘ is at the tip of coccyx
This gate can open to the inner kidneys
From this gate rises narrow marrow path called
Water Canal2 or Yellow River3
The Yáng rises along this path
Reaching up to Jiājǐ between the shoulder blades
From there it goes to Yùzhěn and continues to brains
These are the three gates
At the front there are 3 dāntiáns: Níwán, Earth Cauldron and Jade pool
Níwán is the highest Dāntián located at the area of cùn and two fēn
Emptiness opens the cavity which hides the dwelling place of Shén
At the eyebrows Heart is the Heavens Gate
One cùn deeper is Hall of Brightness4
One cùn deeper is Chamber of the Cave5
And one cùn deeper still is Níwán6
Inferior to Heart of eyebrows is stem of the nose called
Mansion of Rumbling Thunder7 and Golden Bridge8
Downwards we arrive to the palate
In the middle of it are two openings and road to the throat
Here is what is called the Magpie Bridge9
Pharynx is formed of neck and bone
It is coming and going place for inner and outer Qì
Behind the soft and flexible throat is gullet
It receives food and drink which goes to stomach and intestines
Throat has 12 regulators called the Double storey towers
Entry to lungs is lower and still lower is Heart
Bones are covering the Heart and are called as Doves tail10
Below the Heart is cave called Crimson Palace11
The Crimson Palace is the place where Dragon and Tiger unite

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>>42399082
Three cùn and six fēn lower is the Earth Cauldron1
It is also called as the Yellow Palace2
It is the middle Dāntián
At left there is Hall of Brightness3
At right there is the Chamber of Cave4
At left is the Dwelling of Barren and the Liver5
At right is the Dwelling of White Origin and the Lungs
Within this cavity there is also empty opening
At this area of cùn and two fēn is the place of Qì of Zàng organs
It is the Tripod of refined Qì6
Directly three cùn and six fēn lower is the navel
Therefore it is said: "Up to Heaven 36,
Down to Earth and Kidneys 36."
Distance from Heaven to Earth is 84 000 lǐ
From Heart to Kidney is eight cùn and four fēn
From Heaven to Heart is three cùn and six fēn
Distance from Earth to Kidney is also three cùn and six fēn
The middle Dāntián is one cùn and two fēn (lower)
Not (the middle of) eight cùn and four fēn

What is the Gate of Navel?1
It is called as the Door of Life2
There are seven opening which connect to outer kidney3
They can leak spiritual essence4 out (from penis)
Its orifice is known as the Stove of Waning Moon5
Lower (than navel) near Rènmài are nine openings
At the Underworld6 we arrive to the Fēng7
It is also called as the Ocean of Qì8
Little lower, one cùn and three fēn, is Jadepool9
It is also known as lower Dāntián
It is the place of Jīng of Zàng organs
And the place of collected herb10
At left there is the Hall of Brightness11
At left there is the Chamber of the Cave12
Within this cavity there is also an opening of cùn and 2 fēn diameter
And there are also two opening connecting to inner Kidneys
In middle of Kidneys there is an opening which connects to Wěilǘ
Because of this Wěilǘ gate can open to the Palaces of both Kidneys
And go further down below the knees to Sānlǐ cavity13
And even further down to Yǒngquán cavity14
Because of this human being is closely connected to these openings

I appreciate effort posts, but would have been nice to explain what this book/scripture is

>>42399257
Xiuzhen tu
It's literally in the filename, ppl like you are the reason why shampoo has instructions

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>>42399008
Very nice, thank you for posting. Even though I have been interested in internal alchemy for some time and know the diagram (Nei Jing Tu), I have never seen a word for word translation of the inscriptions. Is it your own translation?

Like anyone who studies this stuff, I have my own interpretation what is depicted on the diagrams. And of course my own ideas on what actions one should take on the path of internal cultivation. But I always find it interesting to hear the opinions of others.

Care to share some of your understanding of the theory and practice?

>>42401630
https://kiinalainenlaaketiede.fi/taotao/public/XiuZhenTu-en.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20150824003211/http://thelaughingidiot.yolasite.com/resources/Diagram%20of%20the%20Inner%20Channels%20%28NeichingT'u%29.pdf