Daoist Alchemy / 道教炼丹

Daoist alchemy / 道教炼丹 is the immortality-oriented transformation practice discussed in 87.过年最适合聊玄学！探讨神仙方术发展史（接上集） through [[WeiBoyang|魏伯阳]], [[ZhouyiCantongqi|《周易参同契》]], [[GeHong|葛洪]], and [[Baopuzi|《抱朴子》]]. The source emphasizes coded vocabulary, mercury-sulfur examples, gold elixirs, and ranked elixir systems as parts of a religious pursuit of becoming immortal.

The concept is adjacent to Alchemy-Chemistry Continuity / 炼金术与化学连续性, but its source emphasis is different. The episode is less interested in a direct path to modern chemistry than in how material transformation, secrecy, cosmology, bodily salvation, and textual authority support one another.

Key Claims

• Alchemy in the source is a religious practice before it is a health supplement or chemical curiosity.
• Coded language makes alchemical knowledge both protected and interpretively dense.
• Material operations are embedded in yin-yang, five-phase, and immortality cosmology.
• Later readers should not detach famous slogans from their elixir and longevity context.

Connections

• [[WeiBoyang|魏伯阳]], [[ZhouyiCantongqi|《周易参同契》]], [[GeHong|葛洪]], and [[Baopuzi|《抱朴子》]] - source nodes.
• Fangshu Systematization / 方术系统化, Daoist Nourishing-Life Techniques / 道教养生术, and Daoist Ritual Technology / 道教仪式技术 - practice cluster.
• Alchemy-Chemistry Continuity / 炼金术与化学连续性 - adjacent broader alchemy concept.