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Compilation of Inscriptions and Miracles

Compilation of Inscriptions and Miracles 庐山太平兴国...

Compilation of Inscriptions and Miracles: A 7-volume Yuan Daoist compendium documenting the cult of Lushan’s “Interviewing Perfected Lord” (Nine Heavens Envoy), including imperial patronage from Tang to Yuan, hagiographies of...

Compilation of Inscriptions and Miracles 庐山太平兴国...

Compilation of Inscriptions and Miracles: A 7-volume Yuan Daoist compendium documenting the cult of Lushan’s “Interviewing Perfected Lord” (Nine Heavens Envoy), including imperial patronage from Tang to Yuan, hagiographies of...

Biography of Immortal Shen of Yunfu Mountain

Biography of Immortal Shen of Yunfu Mountain 云阜...

Biography of Immortal Shen of Yunfu Mountain: A Yuan-era Daoist hagiography of Tang alchemist Shen Taizhi (687–755), imperial “Great National Master” under Xuanzong, famed for predicting the An Lushan Rebellion...

Biography of Immortal Shen of Yunfu Mountain 云阜...

Biography of Immortal Shen of Yunfu Mountain: A Yuan-era Daoist hagiography of Tang alchemist Shen Taizhi (687–755), imperial “Great National Master” under Xuanzong, famed for predicting the An Lushan Rebellion...

Gazetteer of the Palace of Longevity

Gazetteer of the Palace of Longevity 万寿宫志

Gazetteer of the Palace of Longevity: A 15-volume Qing-era Daoist temple gazetteer (1878) documenting Jiangxi’s Xishan Wan Shou Gong—sacred site of Xu Xun’s ascension—with maps, rites, lineage records, and expanded...

Gazetteer of the Palace of Longevity 万寿宫志

Gazetteer of the Palace of Longevity: A 15-volume Qing-era Daoist temple gazetteer (1878) documenting Jiangxi’s Xishan Wan Shou Gong—sacred site of Xu Xun’s ascension—with maps, rites, lineage records, and expanded...

Illustrated Biography of Perfected Lord Xu

Illustrated Biography of Perfected Lord Xu 许太史真君图传

Illustrated Biography of Perfected Lord Xu: A Yuan-era Jingming Daoist text in 64 illustrated episodes, closely related to Xu Zhenjun’s Immortal Biography but enriched with unique visions like celestial edicts,...

Illustrated Biography of Perfected Lord Xu 许太史真君图传

Illustrated Biography of Perfected Lord Xu: A Yuan-era Jingming Daoist text in 64 illustrated episodes, closely related to Xu Zhenjun’s Immortal Biography but enriched with unique visions like celestial edicts,...

Immortal Biography of Lord Xu Zhenjun

Immortal Biography of Lord Xu Zhenjun 许真君仙传

Immortal Biography of Lord Xu Zhenjun: A Yuan-era Jingming Daoist hagiography detailing Xu Xun’s birth, alchemy, demon-quelling, ascension, and circle of disciples—reflecting Song-Yuan mythmaking that elevated the Jin dynasty adept...

Immortal Biography of Lord Xu Zhenjun 许真君仙传

Immortal Biography of Lord Xu Zhenjun: A Yuan-era Jingming Daoist hagiography detailing Xu Xun’s birth, alchemy, demon-quelling, ascension, and circle of disciples—reflecting Song-Yuan mythmaking that elevated the Jin dynasty adept...

Eighty-Five Manifestations of Perfected Xu

Eighty-Five Manifestations of Perfected Xu 西山许真...

Eighty-Five Manifestations of Perfected Xu: A 13th-century Jingming Daoist hagiography in verse and prose, chronicling Xu Xun’s life, miracles, imperial cult, disciples, and divine revelations—key to understanding Song-era moralized Daoism...

Eighty-Five Manifestations of Perfected Xu 西山许真...

Eighty-Five Manifestations of Perfected Xu: A 13th-century Jingming Daoist hagiography in verse and prose, chronicling Xu Xun’s life, miracles, imperial cult, disciples, and divine revelations—key to understanding Song-era moralized Daoism...

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  • The Grand Penitential Liturgy of the Jade Repository

    The Grand Penitential Liturgy of the Jade Repos...

    The Grand Penitential Liturgy of the Jade Repository: Late Tang master Du Guangting's expanded rite for directional confessions to Heavenly Worthies, repenting endless errors, erasing sins, and praying for imperial...

    The Grand Penitential Liturgy of the Jade Repos...

    The Grand Penitential Liturgy of the Jade Repository: Late Tang master Du Guangting's expanded rite for directional confessions to Heavenly Worthies, repenting endless errors, erasing sins, and praying for imperial...

  • What is "fuqi" in Taoism?

    What is "fuqi" in Taoism?

    Fuqi: Ancient Taoist art of “wearing qi” — breathe with cosmos, transform energy, heal body, calm mind, awaken spirit through rhythmic, mindful respiration.

    What is "fuqi" in Taoism?

    Fuqi: Ancient Taoist art of “wearing qi” — breathe with cosmos, transform energy, heal body, calm mind, awaken spirit through rhythmic, mindful respiration.

  • What Talismans Are Used in Taoist Rituals and Ceremonies?

    What Talismans Are Used in Taoist Rituals and C...

    Daoist Ritual Symbols: key talismans like banners, door, lamp, and ceremonial charms used in rites to command spirits, heal, and guide souls.

    What Talismans Are Used in Taoist Rituals and C...

    Daoist Ritual Symbols: key talismans like banners, door, lamp, and ceremonial charms used in rites to command spirits, heal, and guide souls.

  • What is the Dao?

    What is the Dao?

    Yin-Yang (陰陽) The complementary forces that create harmony in the universe. Light and dark, active and passive, masculine and feminine - all interconnected.

    What is the Dao?

    Yin-Yang (陰陽) The complementary forces that create harmony in the universe. Light and dark, active and passive, masculine and feminine - all interconnected.

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