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The Secret of the Golden Flower The Secret of the Golden Flower The Secret of the Golden Flower () is a Chinese Taoist classic about neidan (inner alchemy) meditation. The text of "The Secret of the Golden Flower" is attributed to Lü Dongbin of the late Tang dynasty. It is now known to have originated hundreds of years later, and was first published in the early Qing dynasty (清代前期), circa 1668–1692. Despite the varieties of impressions, interpretation and opinion expressed by translators, the meditation technique described by "The Secret of the Golden Flower" is a straightforward, silent method; the book's description of meditation has been characterized