The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Commentary on the Five Kitchens Scripture

Commentary on the Five Kitchens Scripture 老子说五厨经注

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Commentary on the Five Kitchens Scripture, by Tang Daoist Yin Yin, explains how nourishing the Five Zang organs with directional qi—like drawing from five cosmic kitchens—brings inner harmony, stillness, and...

Commentary on the Five Kitchens Scripture 老子说五厨经注

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Commentary on the Five Kitchens Scripture, by Tang Daoist Yin Yin, explains how nourishing the Five Zang organs with directional qi—like drawing from five cosmic kitchens—brings inner harmony, stillness, and...

Qiang Mingzi’s Inscription on True Qi’s Primordial Return

Qiang Mingzi’s Inscription on True Qi’s Primord...

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Qiang Mingzi’s Inscription on True Qi’s Primordial Return, a Five Dynasties Daoist text, teaches breathwork, swallowing saliva, and stillness to restore true qi—viewing emotion and desire as root causes of...

Qiang Mingzi’s Inscription on True Qi’s Primord...

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Qiang Mingzi’s Inscription on True Qi’s Primordial Return, a Five Dynasties Daoist text, teaches breathwork, swallowing saliva, and stillness to restore true qi—viewing emotion and desire as root causes of...

Sun Simiao's Maxims on Spirit-Qui Cultivation

Sun Simiao's Maxims on Spirit-Qui Cultivation 存...

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Sun Simiao's Maxims on Spirit-Qui Cultivation outlines Tang-era inner alchemy: fast, focus on the dantian, and progress through Five Stages and Seven Signs to achieve stillness, fullness, and spiritual refinement.

Sun Simiao's Maxims on Spirit-Qui Cultivation 存...

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Sun Simiao's Maxims on Spirit-Qui Cultivation outlines Tang-era inner alchemy: fast, focus on the dantian, and progress through Five Stages and Seven Signs to achieve stillness, fullness, and spiritual refinement.

Supplementary Essentials of Baopuzi

Supplementary Essentials of Baopuzi 抱朴子别旨

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Supplementary Essentials of Baopuzi, likely post-Jin, details Daoist breathwork and qigong—distinguishing coarse, functional, and primordial qi—and stresses preserving yuan qi for longevity through stillness and inner cultivation.

Supplementary Essentials of Baopuzi 抱朴子别旨

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Supplementary Essentials of Baopuzi, likely post-Jin, details Daoist breathwork and qigong—distinguishing coarse, functional, and primordial qi—and stresses preserving yuan qi for longevity through stillness and inner cultivation.

Celestial Unity’s Scripture of Primordial Longevity

Celestial Unity’s Scripture of Primordial Longe...

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Celestial Unity’s Scripture of Primordial Longevity, likely from Tang-Song China, teaches inner alchemy through stillness, internal visualization, and balancing yin-yang to dissolve form and merge with celestial yang qi for...

Celestial Unity’s Scripture of Primordial Longe...

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Celestial Unity’s Scripture of Primordial Longevity, likely from Tang-Song China, teaches inner alchemy through stillness, internal visualization, and balancing yin-yang to dissolve form and merge with celestial yang qi for...

Nine Chapters on Inner Elixir

Nine Chapters on Inner Elixir 南统大君内丹九章经

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Nine Chapters on Inner Elixir, a Tang-era Shangqing Daoist text, teaches inner alchemy through deity visualization, moral virtue, breathwork, and ritual timing—“gather spirit to form the elixir” for longevity and...

Nine Chapters on Inner Elixir 南统大君内丹九章经

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Nine Chapters on Inner Elixir, a Tang-era Shangqing Daoist text, teaches inner alchemy through deity visualization, moral virtue, breathwork, and ritual timing—“gather spirit to form the elixir” for longevity and...