scripture; book" are common in titles of other Chinese classic texts. For example, the Huangdi Neijing "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" and Huangdi Sijing "Yellow Emperor's Four Classics". The second word yinfu "hidden/secret talisman/correspondence" is an uncommon compound of yin 陰 (of yin and yang) "shady place; passive; negative; secret; hidden" and fu 符 " tally (with two halves); talisman; symbol; charm; amulet". Fu means a seal, divided into two parts. On one half of this seal we have the visible phenomena of the world around us; this we can all see, but, the diagram being incomplete, we require the other half of the seal, that bearing the 道理 [daoli "principle, truth; reason"] of Heaven or the Unseen World, before we can understand the why and the wherefore of the existing order of things. Fulu 符籙 "Daoist secret talismanic writing; Daoist magic formulas" refers to charms written in peculiar characters, often on yellow paper (for instance, see jiangshi). English translations of Yinfujing illustrate semantic problems with the title: Clue to the Unseen Classic of the Harmony of the Seen and the Unseen Scripture for Joining with Obscurity Scripture of the Hidden Contracts Classic on Yin Convergence Scripture on "Unconscious Unification" Secret Military Warrant Manual Scripture on the Hidden Talisman Scripture on the Hidden Fitness Scripture of Hidden Contracts Book of the Hidden Agreement Note the omission of Huangdi above, which all the translators render as "Yellow Emperor", excepting Komjathy's "Yellow Thearch"". See also Fulu References Published also in . Footnotes''' Further reading Komjathy, Louis. 2008. Handbooks for Daoist Practice.'' 10 vols. Hong Kong: Yuen Yuen Institute. External links 黃帝陰符經 – Chinese Text Project Chinese text with James Legge's translation. Yellow Emperor's Scripture on the Hidden Talisman – An English translation of 黃帝陰符經. Yinfu Jing 阴符经, calligraphic copy by Chu Suiliang 褚遂良 Chinese classic texts Chinese philosophy Philosophy books Taoist texts