Daomen Kefan Daquanji (Complete Collection of Taoist Ritual Norms) consists of a total of eighty-seven volumes. The original text was either attributed to "Mr. Guangcheng" Du Guangting as the editor, or to Zhong Li, a disciple of the Three Grottoes Scriptures and Registers, as the compiler. In fact, it was compiled by Taoist priests during the Ming Dynasty by abridging 120 texts, including Du Guangting’s Taishang Huanglu Zhaiyi (Rituals of the Supreme Yellow Register Retreat). It is possible that the so-called "Zhong Li, disciple of the Three Grottoes Scriptures and Registers" was the actual compiler of this book.
Daomen Kefan Daquanji is a collection of Taoist fasting and offering rituals (zhaijiao). It includes and elaborates on more than ten types of Taoist ritual ceremonies, such as:
- Shengri Benming Yi (Ritual for One’s Birthday and Zodiac Origin),
- Xiaozai Xingyao Yi (Ritual for Averting Disasters from Stars),
- Chanrang Jibing Yi (Ritual for Repenting and Warding Off Illnesses),
- Shi Huo Rangzai Shuojie Yi (Ritual for Vowing to Ward Off Fire Disasters and Expounding Precepts),
- Lingbao Taiyi Qi Yuxue Jiaoyi (Lingbao Taiyi Offering Ritual for Praying for Rain and Snow),
- Wenchang Zhulu Zhang Daochang Yi (Ritual Ceremony for Wenchang’s Blessing of Official Career),
- Daoshi Xiuzhen Xiezui Yi (Ritual for Taoists to Cultivate Truth and Repent Sins),
- Anzhai Jiefan Yi (Ritual for Pacifying Dwellings and Resolving Offenses),
- Qisi Baizhang Da Jiaoyi (Grand Offering Ritual for Praying for Offspring with Memorial Petitions),
- Jierang Xingyun Yi (Ritual for Averting Adverse Star Influences),
- Shangqing Shenghua Xiandu Qianshen Daochang Yi (Ceremony for the Ascent and Transcendence of Immortals and the Migration of Spirits in the Shangqing Tradition),
- Zhenwu Lingying Da Jiaoyi (Grand Offering Ritual for the Spiritual Responses of Zhenwu [True Martial Lord]),
- Lingbao Chongshen Da Jiaoyi (Grand Offering Ritual for Honoring Spirits in the Lingbao Tradition), etc.
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