Classic of Suspicious Dragons: Chapter on Guarding the Dragon

Once one understands Auxiliary and Deputy entering the enclosure-stars, the wrapping, escorting, protecting, and supporting formations all become clear. But what of the flanking bright stars? These stars shine with the most exquisite subtlety. What do the left attendants and right guards look like? This dragon's birthing-ground is painfully rare. Apart from the heavenly pool and flanking auxiliaries, high mountain summits produce level pools. When heaven-and-earth's waters are full, they overflow; the attendant-guard waters follow the dragon inward. They sink deep into pit-wells, unheard — just like the great drain of the world-ocean, vanishing without outlet. One might think these are heaven-and-earth pools, but they are not — two mountains encircling create confusion. What people do not realize is that the dragon passes through the center while attendants and guards press close on both sides. The key is front attendants and rear guards: just one cluster pressed tight against the body. The true dragon's high branches have low attendant-guards; the front pool not yet full, the rear pool continues. They resemble heaven-and-earth pools, but the living spring flows low. Water may enter through field-terraces, or there are main nests following like rings. Two pools chasing each other as fore-and-aft guards; two pools flanking as left-and-right companions. This is the noble dragon's personal escort — the high point is the head, the low point is the tail. Just observe whether the water flows or not: if the water sinks deep and hides, that is guard-qi. If the dragon's body possesses this true form, the enclosure-city materializes a hundred li away.