《上清元始高上玉皇九天谱录》

I report to the Nine Heavens: the Nine Heavens are boundless and inexhaustible, without ancestors or lineage lords, without form or designation, and without beginning or end. Silent and without sound, profound and remote, this is the realm inhabited by Yuanshi, the Void Sovereign Dao Lord, and the host of Perfected Ones. The Three Numina (the wondrous numinous forces of Heaven, Earth, Humanity and the like as spoken of in Daoism) rapidly circulate and transform; the mysterious tradition of the Dharma operates at all times. The transformation of the Dao (the Way) establishes the foundation of the sovereign; the transmission of the True Dao arises of itself; the numinous meridians are secluded, deep, and unfathomable. The Nine Emperors of successive generations have replaced one another in turn; the High Sovereign dwells afar in the vast emptiness; the orthodox Dao of Yuanshi oversees the Qian Heaven. Remote antiquity is obscure and distant, the years long elapsed, and there is no longer any way to record them.

I respectfully dare to report to the Yuanshi Taizhen of the Nine Heavens, requesting that they universally open the guidelines and principles of all things. I have ascended the altar on the Numinous Mountain to form an alliance, wishing that the Five Emperors of the Four Directions jointly oversee this covenant text. The student of higher learning Wang Jia, having received Qi (vital energy) and united with immortality, performed a purification fast on the Mysterious Peak and respectfully received the Jade Chapters (secretly transmitted Daoist scriptures), the secret appellations of the imperial sovereigns, and the most subtle oral instructions. Should he fail to observe the prohibitions, betray the covenant, or violate the liturgical regulations and precepts, he shall die at the river source, remain long detained in darkness, bear raging fire on his back and tread the mountain of knives, suffer the Three Paths and Five Sufferings (the hellish punishments of the afterlife), and shall not be permitted to request pardon. May all later students awaken and from this time reform themselves and make a new beginning.

I request that the Four Offices and Five Emperors (the divine offices administering celestial affairs and the Emperor Lords of the Five Directions) list and submit the name of Wang Jia: reporting it upward to the Nine Heavens and informing it downward to the myriad spirits, so that the prayer may swiftly obtain numinous efficacy. May the Perfected Ones descend to the dwelling, riding light cloud canopies, draped in kingfisher feathers and wearing green skirts, come to welcome Wang Jia, causing him to ascend into the Imperial Dawn (the realm where the honored deities of Heaven reside), soar through the Nine Heavens, and enjoy scenic blessings at ease amid the Three Origins (the times or realms governed by the Three Officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water).

On the day of this report I set forth eight wishes; may all matters that are prayed for be realized just as they have been stated.

The Fulu (talismans and registers) are all written together in cinnabar.