Huángdì yīnfú jīng zhù 黃帝陰符經註
Commentary on the “Huángdì yīnfú jīng”
Jīn-dynasty Quánzhēn patriarch Liú Chǔxuán 劉處玄’s commentary on the Yīnfú jīng, eighteen folios, with preface by Fàn Yì 范懌 dated 1191, preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng 正統道藏 (DZ 0123 / CT 123 = TC 122), 洞真部 本文類
About the work
An eighteen-folio commentary by Liú Chǔxuán 劉處玄 (hào Chángshēngzǐ 長生子) — the Quánzhēn 全真 patriarch and one of the “Seven Perfected” of the Northern lineage. The preface (dated 1191) is by Fàn Yì 范懌, written at the request of Bì Shǒuzhēn 畢守貞; it sketches the history of the scripture’s transmission from Huángdì and does not mention the Mother from Líshān tradition (see DZ 111). The short version (c. 300 words) is divided into three paragraphs. The commentary is based on Quánzhēn concepts: the composition of the Yīnfú jīng is said to be the result of Huángdì’s efforts to comprehend the Dào, and Liú Chǔxuán compares Huángdì’s success with Śākyamuni’s enlightenment — so the revelation of the Yīnfú jīng is compared with the composition of the Diamond Sūtra (Jīngāng jīng 金剛經).
Prefaces
Preface by Fàn Yì 范懌, dated 1191.
Abstract
Florian C. Reiter, in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004) 2:696–697 (§3.A.1), dates the commentary by the 1191 preface. The frontmatter locks composition-date at 1191; dynasty 金. Liú Chǔxuán is the sole catalog-meta person wikilinked.
Translations and research
Florian C. Reiter, “The Blending of Religious Convictions in Quanzhen Taoism,” Oriens Extremus 40 (1997), 425–455, treats the commentary. Standard scholarly entry: Florian C. Reiter, “Huangdi yinfu jing zhu” (Liú Chǔxuán), in Schipper & Verellen eds., The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 696–697.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5a0123
- Schipper & Verellen, The Taoist Canon (2004), Vol. 2 §3.A.1, 696–697 — DZ 122 (TC) / KR5a0123 (Kanripo) entry.