Huángdì yīnfú jīng xīnfǎ 黃帝陰符經心法
“Yīnfú jīng” by the Yellow Emperor as a Method of Spiritual Cultivation
Yuán Neo-Confucian-inflected commentary on the Yīnfú jīng by Xū Yuányī 胥元一 (hào Liúxū sǎnrén 六虛散人, fl. 1291), a native of Tōngchuān 潼川 (Sichuan), three juan; preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng 正統道藏 (DZ 0121 / CT 121 = TC 120), 洞真部 本文類
About the work
A three-juan Yuán commentary by Xū Yuányī 胥元一 (hào Liúxū sǎnrén 六虛散人), a native of Tōngchuān 潼川 (Sichuan). Xū also wrote a commentary on the Lǎozǐ in 1291 (cf. DZ 723 Dàodé zhēnjīng jíyì dàzhǐ 1.11a), which was included in DZ 724 Dàodé zhēnjīng jíyì. In the present work, Xū interprets the Yīnfú jīng as a “method for the cultivation of the mind” (xīnfǎ 心法). The main text comprises 441 characters, divided into three parts each with a separate heading. As stated by Xū, cultivating the Dào is the same as cultivating one’s mind (xiūdào jí xiūxīn 修道即修心; 1.2b). His explanations are clearly Neo-Confucian in outlook.
Prefaces
Preface by Xū Yuányī.
Abstract
Hans-Hermann Schmidt, in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004) 2:698 (§3.A.1), dates the commentary to 1291 via Xū’s cognate Lǎozǐ commentary. The frontmatter locks composition-date at 1291; dynasty 元. Xū Yuányī is the sole catalog-meta person wikilinked.
Translations and research
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No translation. Standard scholarly entry: Hans-Hermann Schmidt, “Huangdi yinfu jing xinfa,” in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 698.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5a0121
- Schipper & Verellen, The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 698 — DZ 120 (TC) / KR5a0121 (Kanripo) entry.