Dongui Bogam_41_Names of Spirits in the Body

[人身神名]
[The Names of Spirits in the Body]

黃庭經曰, 肝神龍烟字含明. 形長七寸, 靑錦衣, 鳳玉鈴, 狀如懸瓠, 其色靑紫. 心神丹元字守靈, 形長九寸, 丹錦飛裳, 狀如未開垂蓮, 其色赤. 脾神常在字魂停, 形長七寸六分, 黃錦之衣, 狀如覆盆, 其色黃. 肺神皓華字虛成, 形長八寸, 素錦衣裳, 黃雲之帶, 狀如華盖覆磬, 其色紅白. 腎神玄冥字育嬰, 形長三寸六分, 蒼錦之衣, 狀如圓石, 其色黑. 膽神龍曜字威明, 形長三寸六分, 九色錦衣, 綠華裙, 狀如懸瓠, 其色靑.
The Scripture of the Yellow Court (黃庭經) says, "The name of the liver spirit is Yongyeon (龍烟, smoke of dragon) and its alias is Ham-myeong (含明, hidden brightness). It has a height of 7 chon, wears bluish silk clothes, and carries a bell on which a picture of a phoenix is drawn. The name of the heart spirit is Danwon (丹元, top red) and its alias is Suryeong (守靈, to protect divinity). It has a height of 9 chon, wears reddish silk clothes and a loose skirt. The shape resembles that of a dangling lotus flower that has not yet bloomed, and its color is red. The name of the spleen spirit is Sangjae (常在, existent at all times) and its alias is Honjeong (魂停, where ethereal spirit stays). It has a height of 7.6 chon, and it wears yellow silk clothes. The shape resembles that of an upside-down jar, and its color is yellow. The name of the lung spirit is Hohwa (皓華, white flower) and its alias is Heoseong (虛成, to achieve deficiency). It has a height of 8 chon, wears an upper garment and skirt made of white cloth, and also wears a belt on which yellow clouds appear. Its shape resembles that of a perianth or an upside-down bell, and its color is reddish white. The name of the kidney spirit is Hyeonmyeong (玄冥, black and dark) and its alias is Yukyeong (育嬰, to raise baby). It has a height of 3.6 chon, and it wears dark blue silk clothes. The shape resembles that of a round stone, and its color is black. The name of the gallbladder spirit is Yong-yo (龍曜, bright dragon) and its alias is Wimyeong (威明, bright dignity). It has a height of 3.6 chon, and it wears a nine-colored silk upper garment and a gorgeous green skirt. The shape resembles that of a dangling gourd, and its color is blue." 

正理曰, 黃庭經云, 至道不煩決存眞, 泥丸百節皆有神. 神名最多, 莫能枚擧. 身中有三部. 上部八景, 髮神ㆍ胸神ㆍ眼神ㆍ鼻神ㆍ耳神ㆍ口神ㆍ舌神ㆍ齒神. 中部八景, 肺神ㆍ心神ㆍ肝神ㆍ脾神ㆍ左腎神ㆍ右腎神ㆍ膽神ㆍ喉神. 下部八景, 腎神ㆍ大腸神ㆍ小腸神ㆍ胴神ㆍ胃神ㆍ膈神ㆍ兩脇神ㆍ左陽神ㆍ右陰神. 身中有九宮眞人心爲絳宮眞人, 腎爲丹元宮眞人, 肝爲蘭臺宮眞人, 肺爲尙書宮眞人, 脾爲黃庭宮眞人, 膽爲天靈宮眞人, 小腸爲玄靈宮眞人, 大腸爲末靈宮眞人, 膀胱爲玉房宮眞人, 又有元首九宮眞人腦有九辨, 故頭有九宮. 一曰雙丹宮, 二曰明堂宮, 三曰泥丸宮, 四曰流珠宮, 五曰大帝宮, 六曰天庭宮, 七曰極眞宮, 八曰玄丹宮, 九曰大皇宮也. 又有金樓重門十二亭長, 身外有一萬八千陽神, 身內有一萬八千陰神, 所主者, 爲絳宮眞人, 卽心主也. 又有三身神, 四智神, 三魂神爽靈, 胎光, 幽精, 七魄神尸狗, 伏矢, 雀淫, 飛毒, 天賊, 除穢, 臭師, 七元八識神, 假名異字難可悉數. 心主乃一身之君, 萬神爲之聽命焉. 故能虛靈知覺, 千變萬化.
In the Complete Compendium of the True Principles of the Golden Elixir (正理), it is written as the following; "Scripture of the Yellow Court (黃庭經) says, 'The ultimate Dao (至道) is not complicated. When one keeps wisdom, the spirit is created in the head and the entire body.' There are too many names of spirits for me to list here.

There are three positions in the body.
For the eight areas of the upper position, there are the hair spirit, chest spirit, eye spirit, nose spirit, ear spirit, mouth spirit, tongue spirit, and tooth spirit.
For the eight areas of the middle position, there are the lung spirit, heart spirit, liver spirit, spleen spirit, left kidney spirit, right kidney spirit, gallbladder spirit, and pharynx spirit.
For the eight areas of the lower position, there are the kidney spirit, large intestine spirit, small intestine spirit, intestine spirit, stomach spirit, diaphragm spirit, hypochondrium spirit, left yang spirit, and right yin spirit.

In the body, there exist Gugungjinin (九宮眞人, the hermit living in nine palaces) [Ganggungjinin (絳宮眞人, the hermit named Ganggung (crimson palace)) for the heart, Danwongung jinin (丹元宮眞人, the hermit named Danwongung (top red palace)) for the kidneys, Nandaegung jinin (蘭臺宮眞人, the hermit named Nandaegung (orchid stand palace)) for the liver, Sangseogung jinin (尙書宮眞人, the hermit named Sangseogung (auspicious book palace)) for the lungs, Hwangjeonggung jinin (A, the hermit named Hwangjeonggung (yellow garden palace)) for the spleen, Cheonryeonggung jinin (天靈宮真人, the hermit named Cheonryeonggung (divine heavenly palace)) for the gallbladder, Hyeonryeonggungjinin (玄靈宮眞人, the hermit named Hyeonryeonggung (black and divine palace)), the small intestine, Malryeonggungjinin (末靈宮眞人, the hermit named Malryeonggung (last divine palace)) for the large intestine, and Okbanggungjinin (玉房宮眞人, the hermit named Okbanggung (jade room palace)) for the bladder],

and in the head also exists Gugung jinin (九宮眞人, the hermit living in nine palaces). [Because there are nine discretions in the brain, there are nine palaces in the head: the first is ssangdangung (雙丹宮, double cinnabar palace), the second is Myungdanggung (明堂宮, bright house palace), the third is Iwhangung (泥丸宮, mud ball palace), the fourth is Yujugung (wandering marble palace, 流珠宮), the fifth is Daejegung (大帝宮, great king palace), the sixth is Chunjunggung (heavenly yard palace, 天庭宮), the seventh is Gugjingung (極眞宮, ultimate truth palace), the eighth is Hyundangung (Black cinnabar palace, 玄丹宮), and the ninth is Daehwanggun (Great yellow palace, 大皇宮)]. Moreover, there are Geumru (金樓, golden tower), Jungmun (重門, heavy door), and Sipyijeongjang (十二亭長, twelve long arbors).

There are 18,000 yang spirits outside the body and 18,000 yin spirits inside the body. That which commands these is Ganggung jinin (絳宮眞人, the hermit named Ganggung (crimson palace)), i.e., the master heart. There also exist the three bodies spirit, four wisdom spirits, three heavenly souls [Sangryeong (爽靈, refreshing divinity), Taegwang (胎光, birth light), Yujeong (幽精, remaining essence)], seven earthly souls [Sigu (尸狗, dog corpse), Boksi (伏矢, lying arrow), Jakeum (雀淫, cunning sparrow), Bidok (飛毒, blowing poison), Cheonjeok (天賊, heavenly enemy), Jeye (除穢, removing the filthy), Chwisa (臭師, smell master)], seven sources, and eight knowledge spirits. Their pseudonyms or aliases are innumerable. The master heart is the king of the body, and all spirits take orders from it.

Therefore, when one empties oneself and becomes superconscious, one becomes wise and spiritually awakened, and one changes oneself ten million times."