The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Records of Responsive Teaching

Records of Responsive Teaching 随机应化录

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Records of Responsive Teaching by He Daoquan (d. early Ming) blends Quanzhen Daoist doctrine with Chan-like insight. It emphasizes mind-nature cultivation, “no-mind” stillness, and dual practice of wisdom and action—using...

Records of Responsive Teaching 随机应化录

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Records of Responsive Teaching by He Daoquan (d. early Ming) blends Quanzhen Daoist doctrine with Chan-like insight. It emphasizes mind-nature cultivation, “no-mind” stillness, and dual practice of wisdom and action—using...

Commentary on the Alchemical Mirror

Commentary on the Alchemical Mirror 崔公入药镜注解

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Commentary on the Alchemical Mirror by Wang Daoyuan (Huoran Zi) explains Cui Xifan’s cryptic 3-word verses on gathering “great medicine” and inner alchemy. Following Southern Quanzhen teachings, it reveals fire...

Commentary on the Alchemical Mirror 崔公入药镜注解

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Commentary on the Alchemical Mirror by Wang Daoyuan (Huoran Zi) explains Cui Xifan’s cryptic 3-word verses on gathering “great medicine” and inner alchemy. Following Southern Quanzhen teachings, it reveals fire...

Alchemical Commentary on the Celestial Hymn

Alchemical Commentary on the Celestial Hymn 青天歌注释

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Alchemical Commentary on the Celestial Hymn by Wang Daoyuan explains Qiu Changchun’s 32-line poem: first 12 lines on mind-nature, next 12 on alchemical practice, last 8 on transcendence—embodying Quanzhen’s “nature...

Alchemical Commentary on the Celestial Hymn 青天歌注释

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Alchemical Commentary on the Celestial Hymn by Wang Daoyuan explains Qiu Changchun’s 32-line poem: first 12 lines on mind-nature, next 12 on alchemical practice, last 8 on transcendence—embodying Quanzhen’s “nature...

Discourse on the Dao and the Mysterious

Discourse on the Dao and the Mysterious 道玄篇

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Discourse on the Dao and the Mysterious by Wang Daoyuan blends Laozi’s teachings with Confucian duty and Buddhist insight across 55 chapters. It teaches that all beings share one undying...

Discourse on the Dao and the Mysterious 道玄篇

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Discourse on the Dao and the Mysterious by Wang Daoyuan blends Laozi’s teachings with Confucian duty and Buddhist insight across 55 chapters. It teaches that all beings share one undying...

Treatise on Reverting to Perfection

Treatise on Reverting to Perfection 还真集

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Treatise on Reverting to Perfection by Wang Daoyuan teaches dual cultivation of nature and life: unify pre-heavenly essence, qi, and spirit with their post-heavenly forms through stillness, winter solstice practice,...

Treatise on Reverting to Perfection 还真集

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Treatise on Reverting to Perfection by Wang Daoyuan teaches dual cultivation of nature and life: unify pre-heavenly essence, qi, and spirit with their post-heavenly forms through stillness, winter solstice practice,...

Art of the Alchemical Vessel

Art of the Alchemical Vessel 全真坐钵捷法

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Art of the Alchemical Vessel details Yuan-era Quanzhen “sitting-in-the-bowl” retreats: 100-day winter meditation requiring precise timing. It corrects flawed clepsydras with methods to build water clocks, calculate solar rise/set via...

Art of the Alchemical Vessel 全真坐钵捷法

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Art of the Alchemical Vessel details Yuan-era Quanzhen “sitting-in-the-bowl” retreats: 100-day winter meditation requiring precise timing. It corrects flawed clepsydras with methods to build water clocks, calculate solar rise/set via...