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Yuan You (Wander Afar) #2:
Asking (Wangzi Qiao) about balancing ones basic essence (line 62)(00.47 to 01.23 in the recording)

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The narrator gains nourishment from the Six Essences and the Night Dew. Asking Wangzi Qiao about balancing ones basic essence refers to the concept that men can lose this essence while asleep. After receiving the answer that he must find his own Way, he travels up through the universe.

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