The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

The Pure Rules of Complete Perfection

The Pure Rules of Complete Perfection 全真清规

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The Pure Rules of Complete Perfection compiles Yuan-era Quanzhen monastic codes: ordination rites, meditation protocols, travel etiquette, and moral precepts from Wang Chongyang and Qiu Changchun. 

The Pure Rules of Complete Perfection 全真清规

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The Pure Rules of Complete Perfection compiles Yuan-era Quanzhen monastic codes: ordination rites, meditation protocols, travel etiquette, and moral precepts from Wang Chongyang and Qiu Changchun. 

Lasting Hymns of Transcendence

Lasting Hymns of Transcendence 鸣鹤余音

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Lasting Hymns of Transcendence (1347) by Peng Zhizhong collects 470 poems from 40+ Daoists—Lü Dongbin, Wang Chongyang, Bai Yuchan, Qiu Changchun, and others—on impermanence, mountain solitude, mind-nature insight, and inner...

Lasting Hymns of Transcendence 鸣鹤余音

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Lasting Hymns of Transcendence (1347) by Peng Zhizhong collects 470 poems from 40+ Daoists—Lü Dongbin, Wang Chongyang, Bai Yuchan, Qiu Changchun, and others—on impermanence, mountain solitude, mind-nature insight, and inner...

Guide to the Inner Axis

Guide to the Inner Axis 陈虚白规中指南

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Guide to the Inner Axis by Chen Chongsu outlines a nine-stage inner alchemy path—from stilling thought to merging spirit with emptiness—with diagrams and verses. Emphasizing “stillness as root,” it unites...

Guide to the Inner Axis 陈虚白规中指南

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Guide to the Inner Axis by Chen Chongsu outlines a nine-stage inner alchemy path—from stilling thought to merging spirit with emptiness—with diagrams and verses. Emphasizing “stillness as root,” it unites...

Essential Knowledge for Inner Alchemy

Essential Knowledge for Inner Alchemy 修炼须知

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Essential Knowledge for Inner Alchemy compiles Yuan-era neidan teachings into seven chapters on fire-phasing, lunar timing, danger avoidance, and mental stillness. Drawing heavily from Chen Zhixu and earlier masters like...

Essential Knowledge for Inner Alchemy 修炼须知

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Essential Knowledge for Inner Alchemy compiles Yuan-era neidan teachings into seven chapters on fire-phasing, lunar timing, danger avoidance, and mental stillness. Drawing heavily from Chen Zhixu and earlier masters like...

Annals of the Immortal Line

Annals of the Immortal Line 上阳子金丹大要仙派

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Annals of the Immortal Line by Chen Zhixu unites Daoist alchemical lineages: from Laozi as “Primordial Lord” through Donghua, Zhongli Quan, Lü Dongbin to both Quanzhen’s Seven Masters and Southern...

Annals of the Immortal Line 上阳子金丹大要仙派

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Annals of the Immortal Line by Chen Zhixu unites Daoist alchemical lineages: from Laozi as “Primordial Lord” through Donghua, Zhongli Quan, Lü Dongbin to both Quanzhen’s Seven Masters and Southern...

Biographies of the Alchemical Masters

Biographies of the Alchemical Masters 上阳子金丹大要列仙志

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Biographies of the Alchemical Masters by Chen Zhixu traces the Southern and Quanzhen lineages from Donghua through Zhongli Quan, Lü Dongbin, Liu Haichan, Wang Chongyang, to Zhao Youqin—who transmitted the...

Biographies of the Alchemical Masters 上阳子金丹大要列仙志

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Biographies of the Alchemical Masters by Chen Zhixu traces the Southern and Quanzhen lineages from Donghua through Zhongli Quan, Lü Dongbin, Liu Haichan, Wang Chongyang, to Zhao Youqin—who transmitted the...