Who can explain to me what these nouns are, such as practicing qi, laying a foundation, elixir, baby and so on?

1, the language of a novelist, can't be true.

2. Then, Yuan Ying and others. As a stage division in the novel The Fixed Truth, it began with A Journey to the Mist. The story of this novel is just so-so, but the nine stages of creation (including then Yuan Ying, etc. ), soaring to become a fairy, and then soaring to become a god, and the world of cultivation is a big universe with many cultivation stars that has been used again and again by one writer after another. As a result, many people really think it is a Taoist statement.

3. Then it is also said in Taoism, but the schools in different periods refer to different things. Generally speaking (not all), the elixir practiced by the Waidan people around the Tang and Song Dynasties is equal to the elixir, also known as Huandan and Longhudan. , basically refined, eat it and become immortal (of course, it only exists in an ideal state). However, after the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the external Dan seemed to be irresponsible, and many Taoist priests changed the internal Dan, which was basically a symbol of enlightenment. However, there are different opinions on whether it will become immortal after refining.

I don't think the word Yuan Ying was mentioned in Taoist scriptures before the middle of Ming Dynasty. But the word baby is often used in Taoist scriptures. Laozi said "returning to birth" refers to a state of monasticism, like a baby returning to birth. At this time, invulnerability, tiger injury, fire burning and water flooding are the descriptions of the realm of Tao. Because Taoism pays attention to going against the sky, and "following adults to become immortals, everything is upside down", returning babies is a process of describing this "reversal", not really cultivating a Yuan baby as mentioned in the novel of repairing truth. Later, the words "pregnancy" and "childbirth" were also used to describe the process of practicing Inner alchemy, but it was not true.

5. In short, then Yuan Ying in the novel Ding Hai Shen Zhen was written by the writer himself. Don't believe it. Over the years, the only writer I can see who really has a Taoist cultural background is Xu Gongzi. Many places in his book are very consistent with the professional knowledge we have learned, but there are also many YY things that he added himself (and many of Xu Gongzi's statements are interpreted from an internal perspective, which is still different from academic views). None of the writers I know really understand Taoism except Xu Gongzi, so don't take it seriously when reading novels.