Treatise of the Overseas Daoist 海客论
Paul PengTreatise of the Overseas Daoist
Composed by Li Guangxuan, a native of the Bohai State, in the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods.
Consisting of one scroll, it is included in the Taixuan Section of The Daozang.
Treatise of the Overseas Daoist
This text states that Li Guangxuan, a maritime traveler from the Bohai State, journeyed to the Central Plains to seek the Dao. He first met a Taoist master who imparted to him the arts of Qi absorption and guided breathwork, and later encountered Master Yuanshou who taught him the way of the Reverted Elixir, whereupon he compiled this treatise. One scroll of One Hundred Questions and Secrets of the Golden Fluid Reverted Elixir by Li Guangxuan is included in the Methods category of the Dongzhen Section of The Daozang; its content is essentially identical to this work, yet it is three pages longer in wording—presumably these are different versions of the same text.
See the entry for the aforementioned work.
