《太上老君說補謝八陽經》

The Scripture of the Great High Lord Lao on Reparation to the Eight Yang [Forces] (Taishang Laojun Shuo Buxie Bayang Jing) reveals:

The Great High Lord Lao (one of Daoism's supreme deities) observed that whenever humans undertake construction projects like digging earth or building houses, they often encounter various calamities and sufferings. These include the Three Disasters (fire, flood, wind), Nine Misfortunes, Ten Afflictions, and Eight Calamities—all resulting from disturbing the terrestrial deities.

Thereupon, Lord Lao summoned celestial and terrestrial spirits to receive his teachings, including:

• The Three Officials (Celestial Official, Earthly Official, Water Official)
• The sun, moon, stars and constellations (Five Planets, Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions)
• The Star Lords of the Northern and Southern Dippers
• Earth Gods of the Five Directions
• Deities of the Eight Trigrams (Bagua)
• Twelve Time-Phase Deities
• Various baleful spirits (including over sixty deities like the Day Roamer, Moon Baleful, and Grand Year)

The scripture instructs that after any ground-breaking construction, people should offer incense and recite this scripture to:

1. Appease the anger of terrestrial deities

2. Dispel all calamities

3. Protect household peace

4. Ensure national stability without warfare

5. Secure favorable weather

6. Maintain family harmony

7. Guarantee safe travels

8. Facilitate career success

Sincere adherence to this scripture brings dragon-spirit protection, repels ghosts, eliminates disasters, increases blessings, and fulfills wishes. When universally practiced, it creates worldwide peace and universal auspiciousness—a cosmic principle observed by all three realms (heaven, earth, and humanity).

(Note: "Reparation to the Eight Yang" refers to ritual compensation for disturbing the eight directional yang energies during construction, thereby pacifying the earth deities.)