The Yellow Court Classic, a Chinese Taoistmeditation text, was received from the unknown source by Lady Wei Huacun, one of the founders of Highest Purity Tradition, in the 288 CE. The first reference to the text appears in the archives of the famous alchemist and collector of Taoist texts, Ge Hong in the 4th century CE. The manuscript comprises the two parts, the External and Internal Scenery Scripture. All characters of the shorter text of the External Scripture are fully contained in the longer text of the Internal Scripture. Together, both of the texts are also referred to as "Jade Book" or "Jade Writing". Fourth century “Sage of Calligraphy”, Wang Xizhi presented the full text of the Internal Scenery Scripture of the Yellow Court on the stone tables in his classic artwork, a well-known masterpiece of the Chinese calligraphy. Since fourth century, this classic visualization text has been regularly used in the practice of the Highest Purity lineage, as well as the other schools of Taoism. Lü Dongbin, a historical figure, that is also honored in Chinese folklore as a Deity/Immortal, had integrated the material from The Yellow Court Classic into his own practice and referenced some parts in his scripture: The Secret of the Golden Flower, that has been later translated by Thomas Cleary and Richard Wilhelm and commented by Carl Jung. The version of Richard Wilhelm is not well translated and is based on a truncated Chinese text. The version of Thomas Cleary is preferable, well translated and complete. The literal meaning of the “’’Yellow Court’’’ refers to the central area of the Emperor’s Castle where the Emperor and Ministers gather to try to understand the will of the Heavens and properly regulate the businesses of the Kingdom. The Yellow color indicates Earth element that is central in the Five Element arrangement. The four sides of the Castle Architecture symbolize the other four elements, while the Heaven symbolizes the Spirit. The overall picture presents an allegory to a harmony between human body, spleen or the energy center of the body and the Nature. The text of the Yellow Court scriptures provides meditation instructions for the practitioner’s holographic alignment with the Universe and its Spiritual Laws and Forces, in the order to regulate and improve functions and processes of the body. Such Life Cultivation, or Internal Alchemy work should, according to the text, result in the enhanced health and longevity of a diligent practitioner. Carl Jung referred to this mechanism, in his multiple works, including the commentary of The Secret of the Golden Flower, as the Individuation. However, in addition to the psychological aspect analyzed by Jung, the Taoist Alchemy process also emphasizes energetic and physical changes in the practitioner’s body, as the components of the holistic personal enhancement. The key component in the meditative practice of The Yellow Court Classic is, however, focused on the cooperation with the heavenly spirits, which are assumed to form the “intelligent”, organizational aspects of the human existence. In addition to the specific locations in the body, the nature and mission of these, personified, spirits are designated by color, material and shape of the clothes they wear. The colors usually indicate one of the Five Elements, for instance “red” is associated to the “Heart” and the “Fire” element. The other attributes of the spirits are symbolically associated to the concepts of Yin Yang, Eight Trigrams of I Ching etc. The text of the scripture gradually develops a systematic description of main body elements and functions, as aspects of the Universal Spiritual Harmony in the Human Being.
