71
Ascension · 飛昇 · fei sheng
Level 71: The Last Step
Everything is complete except the leaving.
Description
Reconstructed. In the hsien literature the final rung before ascension is characteristically described as a waiting rather than a doing — the work is finished, and what remains is the moment of departure.
Practice
- Reconstructed / mythological.
How it is tested
Not applicable.
Sources for this entry
- Chinese numerological and literary tradition — The 36/72 pairing, the seventy-two transformations, the seventy-two disciples — the cultural source of the number.