Língbǎo lǐngjiào jìdù jīnshū mùlù 靈寶領教濟度金書目錄
Table of Contents of the Golden Writings on Salvation Transmitted in the Lingbao Tradition by 林靈真 (編)
About the work
The table of contents in one juàn for the great 321-juàn Daoist liturgical compendium KR5b0150 Língbǎo lǐngjiào jìdù jīnshū, compiled by Lín Língzhēn 林靈真 (1239–1302) as the eleventh patriarch of the Dōnghuá 東華 transmission of the Língbǎo dàfǎ descending from Níng Quánzhēn 寧全真 (q.v.). The mùlù lists, juàn by juàn, the headings and subsection titles of the compendium proper. It is bound in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng as DZ 465 (fasc. 208), preceding the main work at DZ 466 (fasc. 209–263).
Abstract
The mùlù opens with juàn 1, “Tánmù zhìdù pǐn” 壇幕制度品 (altars and tabernacles), listing the sānjí tán 三級壇 (three-level altar), the jīnlùdēng 金籙燈, the èrshíbā xiù dēng 二十八宿燈, the various tabernacle plans (Jìngmòtáng 靜默堂, Jīngsīgé 精思閤, Jiānglí mù 將吏幕, Zhāngguān mù 章官幕, etc.), the jiǔyù dēng 九獄燈 and wǔkǔ dēng 五苦燈, the xuèhú dàochǎng 血湖道場 (Blood Pond ritual) plan, the qīyào zhāi 七曜齋, xuánlíng xuánjī zhāi 玄靈璇璣齋, léitíng zhāi 雷霆齋, and the qíráng shíhuí dùrén dàochǎng 祈禳十迴度人道場. Subsequent juàn move through tánxìn jīnglì pǐn 壇信經例品 (donations and offerings), xiūfèng jiémù pǐn 修奉節目品 (programmes of observance, including the multi-day schedules for the huánglùzhāi 黃籙齋, míngzhēnzhāi 明真齋, jiǔtiān shēngshén zhāi 九天生神齋, qīngxuánjiùkǔ zhāi 青玄救苦齋, wǔliàn shēngshī zhāi 五鍊生尸齋, bǎobìng zhāi 保病齋, léitíng zhāi, etc.), the shèngzhēn bānwèi pǐn 聖真班位品 (rosters of the divine assembly), and through to the final juàn of fúzhāng 符章 and yúyīn 餘音 (concluding chants).
The mùlù is itself of considerable scholarly value as a fully articulated catalogue of the Daoist zhāijiào genre as systematised in the late Sòng / Yuán transition: it gives the names, days of observance, and structural components of each major Daoist liturgical cycle of the Língbǎo tradition, and is the most complete single-document inventory of the genre in any medieval source. Schipper & Verellen (Taoist Canon 2: 1027) describe it as the indispensable map of the compendium and a key witness to the Dōnghuá tradition’s understanding of zhāi-typology.
Dating: the compendium proper was completed in Lín Língzhēn’s late career (after his appointment as Wēnzhōu Dàolù), printed under his commission, and submitted to the Celestial Master Zhāng Yǔchū 張與材. The mùlù must therefore date from the late 1290s, before Lín’s death in 1302.
Translations and research
- Schipper, Kristofer, and Franciscus Verellen, eds. The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. 2: 1027–1029 (DZ 465, entry by John Lagerwey).
- Boltz, Judith M. A Survey of Taoist Literature, Tenth to Seventeenth Centuries. Berkeley: IEAS, 1987. Pp. 47–50.
- Lagerwey, John. Taoist Ritual in Chinese Society and History. New York: Macmillan, 1987.
Other points of interest
The mùlù is included separately in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng because the compendium occupies more than fifty fascicles, an unprecedented scale that requires a free-standing index.