The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Dark valley shrouded in heavy mist with low-lying stream in Chinese ink painting, representing yin turbidity catastrophe

Yin Zhuo: Yin Turbidity in Taoist Cosmic Catast...

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Yin Zhuo: yin excess after 3,200 earth degrees triggers catastrophic floods, sinking mountains, and dissolution of all forms. Paired with Yang Bo. From Shangqing San Tian Zhengfa Jing.

Yin Zhuo: Yin Turbidity in Taoist Cosmic Catast...

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Yin Zhuo: yin excess after 3,200 earth degrees triggers catastrophic floods, sinking mountains, and dissolution of all forms. Paired with Yang Bo. From Shangqing San Tian Zhengfa Jing.

Turbulent clouds and rising heat in traditional Chinese ink painting, representing the yang upheaval catastrophe

Yang Bo: Yang Upheaval in Taoist Cosmic Catastr...

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Yang Bo is the catastrophic upheaval after 9,900 celestial cycles: yang energy reverses, seas drain, land opens. Only the virtuous survive. From Shangqing San Tian Zhengfa Jing.

Yang Bo: Yang Upheaval in Taoist Cosmic Catastr...

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Yang Bo is the catastrophic upheaval after 9,900 celestial cycles: yang energy reverses, seas drain, land opens. Only the virtuous survive. From Shangqing San Tian Zhengfa Jing.

A celestial throne platform rising above clouds in traditional Chinese ink painting, representing the Yu Luo Xiao Tai in the Jade Pure Realm

Yu Luo Xiao Tai: The Celestial Throne of Yuansh...

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Yu Luo Xiao Tai is the celestial throne in Jade Pure Realm where Yuanshi Tianzun teaches. Embroidered on Zhengyi high priests' vestments with pagoda, Five Elders, sun, moon, and 28...

Yu Luo Xiao Tai: The Celestial Throne of Yuansh...

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Yu Luo Xiao Tai is the celestial throne in Jade Pure Realm where Yuanshi Tianzun teaches. Embroidered on Zhengyi high priests' vestments with pagoda, Five Elders, sun, moon, and 28...

Five mountain peaks arranged in a circle in traditional Chinese ink painting, each distinct yet connected, representing the five schools of Taoist practice

Wu Da Pai: The Five Major Schools of Taoist Pra...

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Wu Da Pai classifies Taoist practitioners into five schools by practice: Accumulating Goodness, Alchemy, Scripture, Talisman, and Divination. Based on Qing taxonomy. Fulu school corresponds to Zhengyi lineage.

Wu Da Pai: The Five Major Schools of Taoist Pra...

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Wu Da Pai classifies Taoist practitioners into five schools by practice: Accumulating Goodness, Alchemy, Scripture, Talisman, and Divination. Based on Qing taxonomy. Fulu school corresponds to Zhengyi lineage.

Ink painting of circular cosmic cycles, concentric rings fading into mist, representing ten thousand kalpas of formation and destruction

Wan Jie: Ten Thousand Kalpas in Taoist Eschatol...

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Wan Jie means ten thousand cosmic cycles (kalpas) of formation and destruction. From Lingbao scriptures. Also “irrecoverable for ten thousand kalpas” (wan jie bu fu) expresses eternal perdition.

Wan Jie: Ten Thousand Kalpas in Taoist Eschatol...

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Wan Jie means ten thousand cosmic cycles (kalpas) of formation and destruction. From Lingbao scriptures. Also “irrecoverable for ten thousand kalpas” (wan jie bu fu) expresses eternal perdition.

Azure Heaven (Bìluò) - The celestial realm of pure yang energy in Taoist cosmology

Biluo : The Azure Heaven in Taoist Cosmology 碧落

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Biluo: azure first heaven of the east, suffused with azure mist. From Duren Jing commentary. Also a general Taoist term for the celestial realm, opposite Huangquan.

Biluo : The Azure Heaven in Taoist Cosmology 碧落

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Biluo: azure first heaven of the east, suffused with azure mist. From Duren Jing commentary. Also a general Taoist term for the celestial realm, opposite Huangquan.