The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

The Ziwen Xingshi Jue 紫文行事诀

The Ziwen Xingshi Jue 紫文行事诀

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The Ziwen Xingshi Jue, an early Shangqing text from the Southern Dynasties–Sui-Tang era, survives only in three Dunhuang manuscripts (S.4314, S.6193, P.2751), preserving its sixth and seventh sections. These contain...

The Ziwen Xingshi Jue 紫文行事诀

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The Ziwen Xingshi Jue, an early Shangqing text from the Southern Dynasties–Sui-Tang era, survives only in three Dunhuang manuscripts (S.4314, S.6193, P.2751), preserving its sixth and seventh sections. These contain...

The Shangqing Wozhong Jue 上清握中诀

The Shangqing Wozhong Jue 上清握中诀

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The Shangqing Wozhong Jue, likely a Six Dynasties text later attributed to Tao Hongjing, compiles over thirty Shangqing cultivation techniques: ingesting stellar and solar-lunar qi, binding soul and po, “treading...

The Shangqing Wozhong Jue 上清握中诀

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The Shangqing Wozhong Jue, likely a Six Dynasties text later attributed to Tao Hongjing, compiles over thirty Shangqing cultivation techniques: ingesting stellar and solar-lunar qi, binding soul and po, “treading...

The Shangqing Dongzhen Jieguo Jue 上清洞真解过诀

The Shangqing Dongzhen Jieguo Jue 上清洞真解过诀

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The Shangqing Dongzhen Jieguo Jue, likely composed by Southern Dynasties Shangqing Daoists, outlines eight repentance rites attributed to Qingling Zhenren Pei Xuan and early masters like Xu and Liu. Practiced...

The Shangqing Dongzhen Jieguo Jue 上清洞真解过诀

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The Shangqing Dongzhen Jieguo Jue, likely composed by Southern Dynasties Shangqing Daoists, outlines eight repentance rites attributed to Qingling Zhenren Pei Xuan and early masters like Xu and Liu. Practiced...

The Shangqing Mingtang Yuanzhen Jingjue 上清明堂元真经诀

The Shangqing Mingtang Yuanzhen Jingjue 上清明堂元真经诀

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The Shangqing Mingtang Yuanzhen Jingjue, likely a Southern Dynasties Shangqing text and possibly a lost section of Tao Hongjing’s Dengzhen Yinjue, contains two core practices: (1) visualizing the sun and...

The Shangqing Mingtang Yuanzhen Jingjue 上清明堂元真经诀

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The Shangqing Mingtang Yuanzhen Jingjue, likely a Southern Dynasties Shangqing text and possibly a lost section of Tao Hongjing’s Dengzhen Yinjue, contains two core practices: (1) visualizing the sun and...

The Shangqing Sanzhen Zhiyao Yujue 上清三真旨要玉诀

The Shangqing Sanzhen Zhiyao Yujue 上清三真旨要玉诀

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The Shangqing Sanzhen Zhiyao Yujue, likely a Southern Dynasties Shangqing text and possibly a lost section of Tao Hongjing’s Dengzhen Yinjue, survives in a fragmented Daozang scroll and two Dunhuang...

The Shangqing Sanzhen Zhiyao Yujue 上清三真旨要玉诀

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The Shangqing Sanzhen Zhiyao Yujue, likely a Southern Dynasties Shangqing text and possibly a lost section of Tao Hongjing’s Dengzhen Yinjue, survives in a fragmented Daozang scroll and two Dunhuang...

The Dengzhen Yinjue 登真隐诀

The Dengzhen Yinjue 登真隐诀

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The Dengzhen Yinjue, compiled by Tao Hongjing (6th c.), distills early Shangqing methods for immortality into three parts: (1) talismanic practices and Nine Palace deity visualization; (2) somatic techniques—massage, breathwork,...

The Dengzhen Yinjue 登真隐诀

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The Dengzhen Yinjue, compiled by Tao Hongjing (6th c.), distills early Shangqing methods for immortality into three parts: (1) talismanic practices and Nine Palace deity visualization; (2) somatic techniques—massage, breathwork,...