Jīnlù qíshòu zǎocháo yí 金籙祈壽早朝儀
Morning-Audience Longevity-Petition Liturgy of the Golden-Register Fast
About the work
The twelfth of the Dù Guāngtíng Jīnlù 金籙 cycle (KR5b0167–KR5b0181) and the first of the three qíshòu 祈壽 (“longevity-petition”) cháo liturgies, transmitted together with KR5b0179 and KR5b0180 as 三儀同卷軆六 (“three liturgies in one fascicle, Tǐ 6”). The Jīnlù qíshòu is the longevity-petitioning variant of the Jīnlù rite — a Jīnlù fast performed not for state-protection (as the standard Jīnlù) but for the prolongation of the emperor’s lifespan or the lifespan of an aristocratic patron.
Abstract
Schipper & Verellen (Taoist Canon 2: 996, entry by John Lagerwey) treat the qíshòu cycle as a specialised application of the Jīnlù template. The text shares its three-fold cháo structure with KR5b0171–KR5b0173 but replaces the state-protection content with longevity-specific biǎo and qǐngxuān invocations of the Nánjí chángshēng dàdì 南極長生大帝 (Great Emperor of the Southern Pole of Long Life), the Dōnghuá zhēnjūn 東華真君, the Sīmìng 司命, and other gods of longevity.
The cycle is more likely to be attributable to Dù Guāngtíng directly than to a later anonymous compiler, since the qíshòu Jīnlù tradition is attested under the Former Shǔ for the emperor Wáng Yǎn 王衍, with Dù personally officiating. The Sòng Yùqīnggōng 玉清宮 performances of this rite for imperial longevity descend from this template.
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: 996 (DZ 492, entry by John Lagerwey).
- Verellen, Franciscus. Du Guangting (850–933). Paris, 1989.