Du Guangting's Commentary on the Classic of Serene Clarity 太上老君说常清静经注
Paul PengDu Guangting's Commentary on the Classic of Serene Clarity
Written by Du Guangting, a Taoist priest of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period.
It consists of one volume and is included in the Yujue (Jade Secrets) category of The Dongshen Section in The Daozang.
Du Guangting's Commentary on the Classic of Serene Clarity
This is the earliest surviving annotated version of The Scripture of Constant Purity and Tranquility. The commentary states: "Purity refers to the primordial; tranquility refers to Qi; the scripture refers to the method. Firstly, it is the path for sages; secondly, it is the ladder for immortals." The theory is based on the concept of "simultaneous cultivation of nature and life": cultivating nature means realizing that emptiness is also empty, while cultivating life involves methods such as utilizing essence and quintessence.
