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I have added a reference to the Neijing, also some stuff about actual Taoist alchemical practices surrounding the legend of Lu Tung Ping with reference to several texts including The Secret of the Golden Flower.Chuangzu (talk) 01:06, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cinnabar

If whoever wrote this had any idea what he was talking about, he would know that Cinnabar is native vermillion (aka, mercury sulfide.) It's not assumed to be related to mercury, it is mercury. 68.228.91.250 (talk) 22:57, 18 December 2008 (UTC)