Huángdì yīnfú jīng jiěyì 黃帝陰符經解義
Explanations of the Meaning of the “Huángdì yīnfú jīng”
Southern-Sòng commentary by Xiāo Zhēnzǎi 蕭真宰 (an official in Sichuan), twenty-three folios, preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng 正統道藏 (DZ 0119 / CT 119 = TC 118), 洞真部 本文類
About the work
A twenty-three-folio Southern-Sòng commentary by Xiāo Zhēnzǎi 蕭真宰, an official in Sichuan. According to Tōngzhì “Yìwén lüè” 5.4b, the work originally comprised three juan (VDL 140). The short version of the scripture (c. 300 words) is divided into three paragraphs; the commentary for the first paragraph is no longer extant (as noted by the unknown editor at 1b), while the commentaries for the second and third paragraphs are extensive, quoting philosophical classics including Zhuāngzǐ, Lièzǐ, Lúnyǔ, and Mèngzǐ. Xiāo Zhēnzǎi criticises the long version of the Yīnfú jīng (c. 400 words), believing it to be incorrect (23b).
Prefaces
No prefaces in the source.
Abstract
Florian C. Reiter, in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004) 2:696 (§3.A.1), dates the commentary to the twelfth century. The frontmatter brackets composition notBefore 1130 / notAfter 1200, with dynasty 南宋. Xiāo Zhēnzǎi is the sole catalog-meta person wikilinked.
Translations and research
No translation. Standard scholarly entry: Florian C. Reiter, “Huangdi yinfu jing jieyi,” in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 696.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5a0119
- Schipper & Verellen, The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 696 — DZ 118 (TC) / KR5a0119 (Kanripo) entry.