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. [[KR5a0723|DZ 723 Dàodé zhēnjīng jíyì dàzhǐ]] 1.11a), which was included in [[KR5a0724|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
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.