The Qi Yu Xiuzhen Zhengpin Tu 七域修真证品图

The Qi Yu Xiuzhen Zhengpin Tu 七域修真证品图

Paul Peng
Qiyu Xiuzhen Zhengpin Tu (Chart of Cultivation Stages and Attainment Levels Across the Seven Realms). The original author is unknown.

Judging from its content, it was presumably compiled by a Shangqing Taoist priest during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

It is included in the Dongxuan Section, Spiritual Chart Category of the Daozang (Taoist Canon).

The text first expounds on the essentials of Taoist practitioners’ cultivation for longevity and spiritual perfection, stating that the path of cultivation comprises seven realms, encompassing a total of 98,000 methods. Disciples of the Dao must diligently practice and uphold these methods for a long time.

Next is the "Rituals for Cultivation, Verification, and Karmic Rewards," which lists 38 items including scriptures, vehicles, and robes that Shangqing disciples should possess when cultivating the immortal path.

Subsequently, the "Cultivation Stages and Attainment Levels Across the Seven Realms" outlines seven grades of spiritual fruition for attaining immortality and truth:

  1. First Initial Fruit: Donggong Xianren (Immortal of the Grotto Palace);
  2. Second Subsequent Fruit: Xugong Dizhenren (Earthly True Person of the Void Palace on Famous Mountains);
  3. Third Subsequent Fruit: Jiugong Zhenren (True Person of the Nine Palaces);
  4. Fourth Subsequent Fruit: Taiqing Shangxian (Upper Immortal of the Taiqing Realm);
  5. Fifth Fruit: Taiji Zhenren (True Person of the Supreme Ultimate);
  6. Sixth Fruit: Shangqing Zhenren (True Person of the Shangqing Realm);
  7. Ultimate Fruit: Yuqing Shengren (Sage of the Jade Pure Realm).

This section is highly similar to Tao Hongjing’s Zhenling Weiye Tu (Chart of the Ranks and Functions of True Spirits).
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