  “Recipes for Nurturing Life” (Yang sheng fang 養生方) consists of eighty-seven recipes, including food, drugs, and beverages, along with several sexual cultivation exercises. “Eliminating Grain and Eating Vapor” (Que gu shi qi 卻榖食氣) specifies diet and breathing exercises to be performed in the morning and evening, and a seasonal regimen of breath cultivation through consuming six qi and avoiding another five (Harper 1998, 25–30). Another text, the “Ten Questions” (Shi wen 十問) gives advice on techniques for nurturing life (Harper 1998, 22–30), for example: