Yuanshi Gaoshang Yujian Dazuan (The Great Compilation of the Jade Inspection Tablets of the Primordial Highest Supreme). The author is unknown.
Judging from its content and textual style, it is presumably a talismanic text of the Shangqing School during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Consisting of one roll, it is included in the Dongzhen Section, Genealogy and Record Category of the Daozang (Taoist Canon).
Falsely attributed to being revealed to the Primordial Heavenly King, the text first enumerates the talismanic diagrams and secret taboo names of the revered deity "Wushang Dongqing Hundun Ziran" (The Supreme Cave Clear Primal Chaos Nature) and more than forty Dao Lords in heaven.
Next, it lists the quantities of various celestial beings, including Yuanghuang Zhenren (Primal Emperor True Persons), Lingxian Yulang (Jade Gentlemen Leading Immortals), Gongcao (Merit Officials), Shizhe (Envoys), Yutong (Jade Boys), Yunu (Jade Maidens), and Fuxian (Immortal Assistants).
Then, it specifies the numbers of ritual paraphernalia such as Xianqi (Immortal Qi), Liuyan (Flowing Smoke), Yugai (Feathered Canopies), Feipian (Flying Carriages), and Yu Zhenqi (Jade True Qi).
Subsequently, it records the quantities of bodyguards, including Feixing Qi (Flying Mounts), Feilun Cekong Qi (Flying Wheel Sky-Riding Mounts), Feiteng Qi (Soaring Mounts), and Cepei Qi (Reined Mounts).
The above talismans are named "Sanyuan Yujian Wen" (Three Yuan Jade Inspection Texts). It is claimed that these texts can be used to "inspect heaven, earth, and humans; invoke immortals, subdue demons, and command spirits."
See the entry for Shangqing Sanyuan Yujian Sanyuan Bu Jing (The Shangqing Scripture of the Three Yuan Jade Inspection Tablets and Three Yuan Dispensation).
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