Shàngqīng pèi fúwén jiàngquàn jué 上清佩符文絳卷訣
Instructions Concerning the Crimson-Register Talismans of the Upper Clarity
About the work
A four-folio Táng-era anthology of Shàngqīng protective talismans under the “crimson register” (jiàngquàn 絳卷) category. Third of the five-part Pèi fúwén series (DZ 412–416 = KR5b0096–KR5b0100), transmitted together in a composite juàn.
Prefaces
No prefaces in the source.
Abstract
Dated to the Táng by Schipper (Schipper & Verellen, Taoist Canon 1: 614–615, group entry for DZ 412–416). See KR5b0096 for the full anthology context: the colour crimson is associated in the Five-Agents scheme with the South and Fire, although as throughout this series the organisation-by-colour does not strictly govern the selection of the excerpts. The shortest of the five booklets.
Translations and research
- Schipper, Kristofer, and Franciscus Verellen, eds. The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, 1:614–615 (DZ 412–416).