Dao De Jing 6
The Valley Spirit does not
die,
Her name is the Profound
Female.
The gateway of the
Profound Female is the root of heaven & earth.
Unbroken yet fine like a
thread, seeming to exist;
It works without effort.
Laozi, 道德經
Translation by John
Hayes
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Art of the Ming dynasty明朝1368–1644
Chinese immortal painting
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Wangmu portrait with the symbols, Scarf with black cloud .
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black heaven cloud, blue-greyish plants, pheonix feather splayed out in nine
straight feathers at the top with rising flames,colored water droplet in almond
forms,red green blue and in the middle with white for west.
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