Zhu Xi's Yin Fu Jing Commentary

Zhu Xi's Yin Fu Jing Commentary 黄帝阴符经注解 朱熹注

Paul Peng

Zhu Xi's Yin Fu Jing Commentary

Titled "Annotated by Zou Su, Taoist Priest of Kongtong Mountain". Zou Su is the pseudonym of Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It is one volume, included in the Yujue (Jade Secrets) category of The Dongzhen Section in The Daozang.

Zhu Xi's Yin Fu Jing Commentary

In addition, it is included as one volume in the Siku Quanshu (Complete Library of the Four Treasuries), titled Textual Research on the Yinfu Jing. Based on the over-400-character version, the scripture is divided into three parts (Upper, Middle, Lower) without chapter titles. The annotations focus on interpreting the scripture through the Neo-Confucian theories of mind, nature, qi, and principle, with numerous additional notes that collate and verify textual variations among different versions of the scripture. Its assertion that the 114 characters starting from "Humans foolishly deceive the sages" are part of the original text offers a tenable perspective. The book also contains an appendix by Huang Ruijie, which extensively quotes the theories of Zhu Xi and Liu Chenweng (styled Xuxi) to interpret the scripture. According to Siku Quanshu Zongmu Tiyao (Annotated Catalog of the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries), which cites Jianfu Fu Zhi (Records of Jianfu Prefecture), Huang Ruijie was a scholar of the Yuan Dynasty, and the book was not published until the late Yuan Dynasty.
Paul Peng — Zhengyi Taoist Priest, Longhu Mountain

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Paul Peng

Paul Peng is a Zhengyi Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi — the ancestral home of the Celestial Masters' tradition. Ordained at 25 after a dream from the Celestial Master, he has practiced for 25 years under Master Zeng Guangliang. He is one of the curators of this store, which is officially authorized by Tianshi Fu. All items are consecrated at the temple by the resident priest team.

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