Huángdì yīnfú jīng zhù 黃帝陰符經註
Commentary on the “Huángdì yīnfú jīng”
Southern-Sòng commentary on the Yīnfú jīng by Táng Chún 唐淳 (hào Jīnlíng dàorén 金陵道人), two juan, with preface by Mèng Chuòrán 孟綽然 dated 1229, preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng 正統道藏 (DZ 0122 / CT 122 = TC 121), 洞真部 本文類
About the work
A two-juan Southern-Sòng commentary by Táng Chún 唐淳 (hào Jīnlíng dàorén 金陵道人). The preface by Mèng Chuòrán 孟綽然 (dated 1229) states that Zhōu Zhìmíng 周志明 organised the printing. Several commentators — including Hèshànggōng 河上公 and Lǚ zhēnrén 呂真人 (Lǚ Dòngbīn) — contribute statements on the scripture in its short 300-word version and on the three subtitles. The selected quotations deal with aspects of meditative self-cultivation. The second chapter introduces the commentaries of the Old Mother (Lǎomǔ 老母), though there is no evidence identifying her with the well-known Old Woman of Líshān. The Yīnfú jīng is said to deal exclusively with individual self-cultivation, despite its analogies from military philosophy (2.6a–b).
Prefaces
Preface by Mèng Chuòrán, dated 1229, recording Zhōu Zhìmíng’s arrangement of the printing.
Abstract
Florian C. Reiter, in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004) 2:698 (§3.A.1), dates the commentary by the preface. The frontmatter locks composition-date at 1229; dynasty 南宋. Táng Chún is the sole catalog-meta person wikilinked.
Translations and research
No translation. Standard scholarly entry: Florian C. Reiter, “Huangdi yinfu jing zhu” (Táng Chún), in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 698.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5a0122
- Schipper & Verellen, The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 698 — DZ 121 (TC) / KR5a0122 (Kanripo) entry.