NO. I 



CH UAN MIAO SONGS AND STORIES — GRAHAM 



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wind enters the emptiness. Emptiness enters 

 the wind. One wind, two winds, and the 

 iron wire sews it together (that is, the bleed- 

 ing skin). The left foot moves and the moun- 

 tain comes and cuts off the sea." The tuan 

 Jung's eyes are closed a while and he moves 

 his left foot around as secretly as possible. 

 He continues: "When the right foot moves, 

 it cuts off the gatev/ay of the sea." He moves 

 his right foot as though crossing a mountain. 

 "The left hand crosses over the mountain to 

 cut (block) ofT the sea. The right hand 

 crosses the mountains to block off the gate- 

 way of the sea." When he is saying the last 

 sentence he closes his eyes and moves his 

 hands as though they were crossing a moun- 

 tain. "One, two, three, four, five, metal, 

 wood, water, fire, earth. Metal does not 

 leave wood and wood also does not leave 

 metal. The blood man is named Chou and 

 the blood mother is named Hsiu. 



"Stop, stop, do not flow, do not flow, do 

 not flow. When I use these words I will 

 stab away the power of the wind and the 

 water will not flow. Above is the head of 

 the rapids. Stop the sky river. Below is the 

 head of a rapid. Stop the Yellow River. 

 Above, stop the Yellow River's double river 

 well. Below, stop the two gates (mouths) of 

 the Yellow River. He blows his breath three 

 tiiTies and pinches the (open sore) together." 

 The tuan k.ung opens his eyes and lifts up his 

 head to see the clear sky. "The one who has 

 taught me (this) by word of mouth, come 

 before my eyes. Mr. Huang, who has taught 

 me, if I call you a tliousand times, let it be 

 efficacious (bring an answer) a thousand 

 times, and if I call you ten thousand times, 

 answer ten thousand times." 



To Remove Bones or Metal Objects That 

 Have Been Swallowed (745) 



"I lift up my eyes, and I lift up my eyes to 

 see the clear sky. The instructor who taught 

 me with his own mouth is before my eyes. I 

 ask my teacher for a bowl of water. The 

 teacher has nine dragons in the bowl. The 

 water of the throat of the nine dragons (is 

 in the bowl). When gold, silver, copper, 

 iron, or pewter touches this water, it is turned 

 into dirt. I, obeying tlie command of Tsai 

 Zyin (in) Zyai (ai) Leo, order you to swallow 

 a bone and transform the bone, and to swal- 

 low brass and to transform the brass, and 

 to swallow bone dust and transform it to bone 

 pills like (as easy as) the nine dragons enter- 

 ing the deep rapid. My breath of virtue 

 endures long. If there is copper, transform 



copper. If there is no copper, do not trans- 

 form die flesh. If there is bone, iron, pewter, 

 or nails, you must transform them. If there 

 is none of these, do not transform the (per- 

 son's) flesh. I obey this command. Immedi- 

 ately transform." 



When the incantation has been completed, 

 the patient must drink the water the tuan 

 ktcng has secured. 



Exorcising the Demon That Causes Pain in 

 the Nipples (746) 



The tuan \ung repeats the incantation say- 

 ing, "The baby drinks the milk laughing. 

 Why have you come to me? I reply, 'The 

 nipple is helpless. It is pitiful.' I request you 

 not to let people rub your nipples to cure you. 

 If the pain is in the left, heal the left nipple. 

 If the pain is in the right, cure the right. 

 Rub the left, and the pain of the left will 

 depart. If we rub the right (the pain in) the 

 right will depart. If it still does not depart, 

 I will take (the pain) away." 



The tuan \ung uses the second and the 

 third fingers, and he traces a charm on the 

 nipple, then she is well.^'' When he has taken 

 away the demon, he again asks the milk to 

 come out. 



"The milk must not accumulate (at one 

 spot). The milk must not delay. When he 

 calls you, you must come out at once." 



Exorcising the Demon That Causes Boils 

 (747) 



"I invite the thunder god, I invite the 

 thunder goddess. I invite the Chinese medi- 

 cine god, and also invite the patriarch of the 

 lamas, and the teacher who removes water 

 (out of one's body) and grows broken bones 

 together, the upright teacher, the teacher who 

 removes fever, the teacher who removes swell- 

 ings, the teacher who stops the flow of blood 

 and stops pains, the patriarch among the snow 

 mountains, the young lady among the snow 

 mountains, the crown prince among the snow 

 mountains.®^ 



"At the first watch much snow falls. At 

 the second watch a heavy frost falls. At the 

 third watch it becomes very cold. At the 

 fourth watch, frost is again added on top of 



8^ The charm resembles tliis 



^^ The meaning here is evidently that one snow 

 mountain is the patriarch, another is a young 

 lady goddess, and a third is a crown prince among 

 the other snow mountains, all of which are living 

 beings and deities. 



