Commentary on Longevity Scripture 长生诠经

Compiled by Hong Zicheng, a Taoist Priest of the early Ming Dynasty.

Consisting of one volume, it is included in the Supplement to The Daozang.

This book is a collection of Taoist Health Preservation materials.

Commentary on Longevity Scripture

The author selected twenty-nine Taoist texts such as Scripture of Purity and Tranquility, Scripture of Hidden Symbols, and Embryonic Breathing Scripture, as well as poems and quotations on cultivation and longevity from more than forty Taoist masters including Heavenly Master of the Han Dynasty, Lü Chunyang, and Bai Yuchan, compiling them into a single work. The collected poems and prose cover embryonic breathing, Daoyin, cultivating the mind and nurturing nature, and Internal Alchemy practices. Generally, it focuses on calming the mind and purifying intentions, eliminating desires and nourishing the spirit, with daoyin and Qi circulation techniques as supplements.