MASTER SHEN-LONG
The New Primary Symbols of Shen-Long Taiji 神龍太極新易元象, 2010
Ink on xuan paper
72 x 107.48 in.
Collection of the artist, 2010.15
Inscription:
玄玄之玄，必有真真 ; 覺覺之覺，必顯妙妙！
無極自念，太極空生 ; 兩儀四象，六十四卦！
萬萬精魂，由是生之 ; 象幻重岳，自然寶煥！
印之風水，心彩發宣 ; 承乎盤古，綿至伏羲！
教民天測，一卦出焉 ; 坤乾既備，歷演諸化！
連山歸藏，文武周易 ; 老莊孔孟，述堯繼舜！
千載雲影，延及當朝 ; 象釋充棟，彖辭難了！
五行生剋，葫蘆迢迢！
悲夫！三千易易語，儒子不能言 ; 堂堂萬法妙，人間誰知曉！
為眾解靈藏，首創神龍卦 ; 欲知易元象，隨吾寫造化！
乾天中直豎，兌澤波橫肚，離火升靈子，震雷貫電柱！
巽風三飄逸，坎水天下注，艮山立平野，坤地懸一數！
八象圓成出太極，爻爻爻爻爻爻爻！
忽來陰陽生萬脈，卦卦卦卦卦卦卦！
綿綿密密化不盡，象象象象象象象！
元始幽微誰能解，彖彖彖彖彖彖彖！
一象本來無空有，易易易易易易易！
大而無外小無內，極極極極極極極！
太一 神龍
造神龍太極新易元象於蓮花塢
歲在無極
The far-reaching subtlety and profundity of the Dao (as the flow of the Universe) that is hard to explain, it must have its real look; the full conscious awakening of enlightenment, it inevitably reveals the profound ingenuity.
The primordial universe (prior to Tai-Ji) initiates from the mind, Tai-Ji (the great primal beginning) arises from the absence of inherent existence; from the two primary forces (yin and yang) of Tai-Ji emerge the four images (that generate the eight trigrams, from there develops) the 64 divinatory trigrams.
Enormous amounts of spirits were thus born from here; the illusion as much as lofty mountains, naturally it irradiates inconceivably.
Confirm the truth of matching fact in the natural world, radiance from the mind brings a great height of development; Pan-Gu (who separates the sky from the earth and was the first living being and the creator of all according to Chinese mythology) carry on this tradition, it last to Fu-Xi (who was the first of the Three Sovereigns of ancient China and is a cultural hero reputed to be the inventor of writing, fishing, and trapping).
To educate the people on astronomy, this is how one of the various divinatory trigram of the Book of Changes appeared; earth and heaven have already been prepared, to undergo all kinds of evolution.
Lian-Shan of the Xia dynasty and Gui-Cang of the Shang dynasty, King Wen and King Wu (son of Wen) of Zhou dynasty started the Zhou Yi (周易 Yi Jing of Zhou); Lao-Zi, Zhuang-Zi, Confucius and Mencius, an assertion of Yao and continued to Shun.
The image of cloud for a thousand years, which has continued to all the emperors of that time; books that explain the Book of Changes can fill a house to the rafters, however to annotate the implication ballad of one of the divinatory trigrams is difficult to understand.
The universe and various natural phenomena are based from five materials (metal, wood, water, fire and earth), the developments and transformation of all subject and phenomena within the universe are the outcome of these five different kinds of attributes-
unceasingly moving and interacting; trying to explore the field of “hulu” (an ancient symbol for health - a Calabash gourd bottle carrying medicine inside) is far away.
Sighing mournfully! Three thousand very easy words of the Book of Changes, generations of Confucians cannot explain it; this magnificent innumerable wonderful teaching, in the human world, who understands.
To serve the crowd for understand the spiritual scripture, I create the very first new Trigrams symbol of Shen-Long; wishing to know the new primary symbol, follow my way to write the creator - Nature (as the mother of all things).
“Qian 乾” as Heaven with vertical downward strokes in center, “Dui 兌” as Lake with a wave across the middle, “Li 離” as Fire with raising seed of spirits, “Zhen震” as Thunder with electrical pillar piercing through.
“Xun 巽” as Wind with three floats elegantly, “Kan 坎” as Water as it cascades from heaven down to earth, “Gen 艮” as Mountains rising from the flat ground, “Kun 坤” as Earth suspended as one across horizontally.
The images of the eight trigrams (as phenomena) are manifested perfectly from Tai-Ji (as the fundamental essence), so 'yao 爻' is generated by the intersection of time and space (as lines on a trigram), yao yao yao yao yao yao - repeating 爻 seven times represents boundless and infinite.
Suddenly yin and yang give birth to the million whys and wherefores, so “gua 卦” are a set of symbols to show the variation of the natural phenomena – divinatory trigram, gua gua gua gua gua gua gua represents boundless and infinite.
The phenomena are continuously and densely packed, the transformation is endless, the infinite images are “xiang 象”, xiang xiang xiang xiang xiang xiang are also boundless.
Who can explain the profundity of the primary beginning, to annotate the implication ballad of one divinatory trigram, “tuan 彖”, tuan tuan tuan tuan tuan tuan are also boundless and infinite.
Each phenomenon originally does not have existence and non-existence, it is “yi 易”, yi yi yi yi yi yi yi – boundless and infinite.
Up to the utmost biggest as the universe has no outer boundary, down to the smallest as one’s true self-nature has no inner boundary, it is the utmost wisdom as “ji 極”, ji ji ji ji ji ji – boundless and infinite.
Tai-Yi Shen-Long Creating the New Primary Symbols of
Shen-Long Tai-Ji at Lotus Valley Year of infinity
