The Zhengyi Lun 正一论
The Zhengyi Lun, likely by Southern Qi Daoist Meng Jingyi, defends early Tianshi “Zhijiao” fasting rites against criticisms from Lingbao adherents. Through a master–guest dialogue, it argues that both ritual...
The Zhengyi Lun 正一论
The Zhengyi Lun, likely by Southern Qi Daoist Meng Jingyi, defends early Tianshi “Zhijiao” fasting rites against criticisms from Lingbao adherents. Through a master–guest dialogue, it argues that both ritual...
The Lu Xiujing’s Wugan Wen 洞玄灵宝五感文
Lu Xiujing’s Wugan Wen (Five Reflections) reinterprets the harsh early Tianshi “Mud-and-Coals Austerity” through devotional mindfulness—urging practitioners to contemplate parental sacrifice, karmic debt, grace of the Dao, and teacherly guidance....
The Lu Xiujing’s Wugan Wen 洞玄灵宝五感文
Lu Xiujing’s Wugan Wen (Five Reflections) reinterprets the harsh early Tianshi “Mud-and-Coals Austerity” through devotional mindfulness—urging practitioners to contemplate parental sacrifice, karmic debt, grace of the Dao, and teacherly guidance....
The Calendar of Master Chisong’s Memorials 赤松子章历
The Chisongzi Zhangli (Chronicle of Petitioning through Talismans), likely compiled by Tang Daoists, preserves early Tianshi Daoist liturgical protocols for composing and submitting celestial petitions (zhang). It details ritual preparations,...
The Calendar of Master Chisong’s Memorials 赤松子章历
The Chisongzi Zhangli (Chronicle of Petitioning through Talismans), likely compiled by Tang Daoists, preserves early Tianshi Daoist liturgical protocols for composing and submitting celestial petitions (zhang). It details ritual preparations,...
The Xuandu Lüwen 玄都律文
The Xuandu Lüwen (Statutes of the Mysterious Metropolis), likely compiled by Northern Zhou Daoists, was a major Tianshi Daoist legal code emphasizing karmic retribution. Though only one of its original...
The Xuandu Lüwen 玄都律文
The Xuandu Lüwen (Statutes of the Mysterious Metropolis), likely compiled by Northern Zhou Daoists, was a major Tianshi Daoist legal code emphasizing karmic retribution. Though only one of its original...
The Nüqing Guilü 女青鬼律
The Nüqing Guilü (Female Azure Ghost Code), a Wei–Jin to Southern Dynasties Tianshi Daoist text, claims divine origin from Laozi to Zhang Daoling. It catalogs malevolent spirits’ names and prescribes...
The Nüqing Guilü 女青鬼律
The Nüqing Guilü (Female Azure Ghost Code), a Wei–Jin to Southern Dynasties Tianshi Daoist text, claims divine origin from Laozi to Zhang Daoling. It catalogs malevolent spirits’ names and prescribes...
The Supreme Scriptural Precepts 太上经戒
The Supreme Scripture of Precepts, compiled during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, gathers six early Daoist ethical codes—including the Yujing Ten Precepts, Wisdom Upper-Grade Great Precepts, and Laojun’s Twenty-Seven Precepts....
The Supreme Scriptural Precepts 太上经戒
The Supreme Scripture of Precepts, compiled during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, gathers six early Daoist ethical codes—including the Yujing Ten Precepts, Wisdom Upper-Grade Great Precepts, and Laojun’s Twenty-Seven Precepts....