黃 帝 陰 符 經  Huáng Dì Yīn Fú Jīng

Yellow Emperor Secret Union Classics

Zenwise Guru - October 2022

Yīn Fú Jīng is perhaps the most succinct scripture of wisdom and a masterwork of metaphor, followed by many ancient Chinese philosophical schools, such as the Taoist, Rú (learned scholar aka Confucianist), Legalist, Strategist, Medicine, Military, Inner Alchemist, Yin Yang, and Feng Shui. After seeing a few English translations of the Chinese classics, it has become unbearable to read further. Therefore, this interpretive translation is for all of Creation. A picture is worth a thousand words. The logos, or Oracle Bone and Shuōwén scripts, which I have added, aim to clarify the gist of the original Chinese text. Hopefully, you will find it less convoluted and of better clarity.

Section 1 - Opening

✨  This very logos is the origin of 道 Tao and 行 Xíng.

觀天之道，執天之行，盡矣。
Behold Tao of Heaven, and act according to the Way of Heaven. That is all.

Section 2

✨ Five = 5 Convergences 1 Being; Middle Number; Middle Way; Wǔxíng.

天有五賊，見之者昌。
Heaven has five stealings and one who sees them thrive.

五賊在心，施行於天，
The five stealings exist in one's mind and give actions in Heaven. 

宇宙在乎手，萬物生乎身。
The cosmos is in one's hands, and All of Creation happen within one's body.

Section 3

✨ Man = As ⚊ Yang Heaven above, so ⚋ Yin Earth below.

天性，人也。人心，機也。立天之道以定人也。
Heaven's nature is in Man. Man's mind is the key link. Stand by Tao of Heaven so as to settle Man.

Section 4

✨ Unison = 3 Mouths 1 Sound

天發殺機，斗轉星移；
When Heaven emits a killing motive, the Dipper turns, and the stars shift.

地發殺機，龍蛇起陸；
When Earth emits a killing motive, dragons and snakes rise from the land.

人發殺機，天地反覆；
When Man emits a killing motive, Heaven and Earth turn upside down.

天人合發，萬化定基。
When Heaven and Man emit in unison, all transformations set their bases.

Section 5

✨ Nature = Heart Grow; Heart towards Heaven like a tree growing upwards.

性有巧拙，可以伏藏。
The nature of Man is clever and clumsy and can be potential concealed. 

九竅之邪，在乎三要，可以動靜。
The inclination of the nine holes rests in the three essentials, which may be in motion or stillness.

火生於木，禍發必剋，奸生於國，時動必潰；知之修煉，謂之聖人。
Fire arises in Wood and is subdued as ruin happens. Treachery befalls a nation, which will collapse as the situation sets in motion. Knowing so and one who does correctly practice is called Sage.

Section 6

✨ Safe = Roof over woman; stable; serene; inner peace.

天生天殺，道之理也。
Heaven grows (gives) and Heaven kills (takes), such is the principle of Tao.

天地，萬物之盜。萬物，人之盜。人，萬物之盜也。
Heaven and Earth are the robbers of all things. All things are the robbers of Man. Man is the robber of all things, too.

三盜既宜，三才既安。
As the three robbers are already befitting, the three endowments are stable.

故曰：食其時，百骸理；動其機，萬化安。
Hence it is said: 'Eat at the right time, and hundreds of skeletons run well. Take action at the crucial moment, and all transformations change safely.'

Section 7

✨ 神 Shén (ascending tone) =  Oneness that draws forth All Things; spirit; god; divine; magic; expression. 🌅 示 Shì (descending tone), the left half, = Heaven above manifests sun, moon, and stars; show; reveal; enlighten. ⚡ 申 Shēn (even tone), the right half, =  Strings of lightning (from the older logograph, see below); clarify; extend; express; string; connect; the 7th lunar month and the 9th earthly branch, where astro-numerologically 7 is prenatal and 9 is postnatal Fire.

人知其神而神，不知其不神之所以神。
People know that spirit is magical yet do not know that the not-so-magical is divine.

日月有數，大小有定，聖功生焉，神明出焉。
The sun and moon have number measures where their magnitudes are fixed. The sacred work grows herein, and the divine brilliance comes from herein.

其盜機也，天下莫不能見，莫不能知。
The nexus of the stealing, under Heaven (the world), is unseen and unknown.

君子得之固躬，小人得之輕命。
A superior man who gets it would consolidate oneself. A lesser man who gets it would slight his life.

Section 8

瞽者善聽，聾者善視。
Blind people hear better. Deaf people see better.

絕利一源，用師十倍；
Cutting off gains to focus on one source is to apply mastery tenfold.

三反晝夜，用師萬倍。
Thrice reflections days and nights is to apply mastery ten thousandfold.

心生於物，死於物，機在目。
The mind lives in matter and dies in matter. The nexus is in the Eye.

天之無恩而恩生，迅雷烈風，莫不蠢然。
Heaven gives no favour, and yet grace grows. Swift thunder and intense gale do all squirm so.

Section 9

✨ 機 Jī = firing mechanism; trigger; weaving machine; key link; nexus; turning point; pivotal; vital; toggle; crucial moment; secret; the formless law of Tao transforming cause-conditions to become fruition.

The pictograph of Jī is the firing mechanism of a crossbow in the hands of a man. The logograph of Jī is the shuttle of a loom in the hands of a woman. In both images, there is the double helix ∞ look-alike, which is the secret nexus of the formless law of Tao transforming cause-conditions to become fruition. Interestingly, it has the same meaning as tantra, which means 'woven together', and the same idea as 'quantum entanglement'.

機 Jī also means motion, motive, organic, vitality, and just happens to refer to the same idea of 'live' in the Hindu suffix -jī from Sanskrit jīv- 'to live' and Latin vivere 'to live'.

至樂性餘，至靜則廉。
Blissfulness is plentiful in one's nature. Serenity is incorruptible or everlasting.

天之至私，用之至公。
The exclusiveness of the heaven while in use is all-inclusive.

禽之制在炁。
Capture the control at the breath.

生者死之根，死者生之根。
The living is the root of death, and the dead is the root of life.

恩生於害，害生於恩。
Favour comes from harm, and harm comes from favour.

愚人以天地文理聖，我以時物文理哲。
A fool uses arts and sciences of heaven and earth to be holy. I use situational inference of time and matter to be wise.

人以愚虞聖，我以不愚虞聖。
People use foolishness to appraise sages. I use non-foolishness to appraise sages.

人以奇期聖，我以不奇期聖。
People consider the unusual as sagely. I consider the usual as sagely.

沉水入火，自取滅亡。
Sink water into fire is self-destruction.

Section 10

✨ Transform = Man submits to the Way of the Ladle (Big Dipper); guidance; teaching.

自然之道靜，故天地萬物生。
Tao of nature is serene. Therefore, Heaven, Earth, and everything grow.

天地之道浸，故陰陽勝。
Tao of Heaven and Earth is immersive. Hence, Yin and Yang respond. 

陰陽相推，而變化順矣。
Yin and Yang mutually push, and transformation goes well.

Section 11 - Closing

✨ Trigram = Sundial Ruler + Divine; Triangulate Heaven, Earth, and Man; Oracle.

是故聖人知自然之道不可違，因而制之。
Therefore, the sages know that the way of nature is inviolable, thus making it so.

至靜之道，律曆所不能契。
The way of perfect serenity is unattainable with musical rhythm and calendrical calculation.

爰有奇器，是生萬象。
Therefore, here is the extraordinary vessel which grows all and every phenomenon.

八卦甲子，神機鬼藏。
Bāguà (Eight Trigrams) and Jiǎzǐ (Sexagesimal System) are the key links to the mystery of gods and ghosts.

陰陽相勝之術，昭昭乎進乎象矣。 
The art of Yin Yang mutual responsibility luminously advances in all phenomena or All of Creation.

🌌 Stardisc 11

Stardisc is an extraordinary vessel to access cosmic guidance. Eleven is the consummation of six and five. One through five are the creation, and six through ten completion numbers. Eleven, therefore, is the tally of the crossover, or in other words, the Secret Union.

You will be gifted a Stardisc with eleven concentric rings once you become a student of this course. The Stardisc will be empowered with an ancient incantation by the course creator. Having the consecrated Stardisc 11 in your home will bring auspiciousness, serenity, and wisdom to your Being.