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Xiang’er Nine Practices: Textual List Recovered

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 16_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_I_v2_4.md.

Layer 1: Xiang’er Nine Practices: Textual List Recovered

Section titled “Layer 1: Xiang’er Nine Practices: Textual List Recovered”

Source file: 16_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_I_v2_4.md

Chinese: 想爾九戒 / 九行
Source state: SECONDARY TRANSCRIPTION; critical-edition verification still required

The web-accessible transmitted list gives three grades:

  • practice non-action;
  • practice softness/yielding;
  • practice “guarding the female.”
  • practice namelessness;
  • practice purity/tranquility;
  • practice all good.
  • practice desirelessness;
  • know sufficiency/where to stop;
  • practice yielding/deference.

The transmitted scheme links nine fulfilled practices with ascent toward immortality, six with longevity, and three with extension of life.

This exact wording must still be checked against a scholarly edition before being treated as a diplomatic transcription.