Huángdì yīnfú jīng zhù 黃帝陰符經註
Commentary on the “Huángdì yīnfú jīng”
Northern- or early-Southern-Sòng nèidān commentary on the Yīnfú jīng by Shěn Yàfū 沈亞夫, eight folios, preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng 正統道藏 (DZ 0117 / CT 117 = TC 116), 洞真部 本文類; also Dàozàng jíyào JY117
About the work
An eight-folio commentary by Shěn Yàfū 沈亞夫 (title: jìshì zhōng 給事中, “supervising secretary”; 1a). Nothing more is known about the author. The work is cited in Tōngzhì “Yìwén lüè” 5.4b, suggesting a Northern- or early-Southern-Sòng date. The preface bears no attribution but is most likely by Shěn himself; it relates the Yīnfú jīng to nèidān 内丹 theories, which Shěn deploys through his commentary. The scripture is given in the short 316-character version with the standard threefold division.
Prefaces
Preface (unsigned, likely by Shěn) framing the commentary as an inner-alchemical reading.
Abstract
Hans-Hermann Schmidt, in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004) 2:696 (§3.A.1), dates the commentary to the eleventh or early twelfth century on the strength of its Tōngzhì citation. The frontmatter brackets composition notBefore 1000 / notAfter 1150, with dynasty 北宋—南宋初. Shěn Yàfū is the sole catalog-meta person wikilinked.
Translations and research
No translation. Standard scholarly entry: Hans-Hermann Schmidt, “Huangdi yinfu jing zhu” (Shěn Yàfū), in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 696.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5a0117
- Schipper & Verellen, The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 696 — DZ 116 (TC) / KR5a0117 (Kanripo) entry.