Life Nurturing Compendium 摄生纂录

The original author is unrecorded.

New Book of Tang·Treatise on Arts and Literature records "Wang Zhongqiu’s Anthology of Nourishing Life in one volume", and Tongzhi·Essentials of Arts and Literature notes: "Anthology of Nourishing Life in one volume, compiled by Wang Zhongqiu"—which refers to this very book.

The existing version is included in the Arts and Techniques Category of the Dongxuan Section of The Daozang. Divided into four chapters—Daoyin Exercises, Regulating Qi, Daily Living and Travel—the book compiles various methods of health preservation and cultivation, which mainly focus on daoyin and qi regulation, breath control and fetal breathing, ingestion of tonics for nourishment, as well as talismans and incantations for warding off evil spirits. These contents are closely aligned with the practice of Taoism health maintenance theories.