There is a passage in the early Taoist classic, Tortoise Shell Writing, which reads, "My fate is in me and not in heaven; cinnabar becomes gold for millions of years," expressing the existence of some kind of soul force.
道教早期經典「龜甲文」中曾有一段話：「我命在我不在天，還丹成金億萬年」表現出相當氣魄。