Jīnlù qídǎo wǔcháo yí 金籙祈禱午朝儀
Noon-Audience Petitionary Liturgy of the Golden-Register Fast
About the work
The thirteenth piece of the Dù Guāngtíng Jīnlù 金籙 cycle (KR5b0167–KR5b0181) and the second of the three qíshòu 祈壽 (“longevity-petition”) cháo liturgies, transmitted with KR5b0178 (early-audience) and KR5b0180 (late-audience) as 三儀同卷軆六 (“three liturgies in one fascicle, Tǐ 6”). The source’s interior title actually reads Jīnlù qíshòu wǔcháo yí 金籙祈夀午朝儀, with the catalog title qídǎo 祈禱 (“petition for blessing”) substituting more generically for qíshòu 祈壽 (“petition for long life”); the rite is the same.
Abstract
The noon cháo of the qíshòu Jīnlù fills the central position in the three-fold cháo cycle (cf. KR5b0171–KR5b0173 for the standard Jīnlù and KR5b0178–KR5b0180 for the longevity variant). Following Schipper & Verellen (Taoist Canon 2: 996, John Lagerwey), the cycle is most plausibly Dù Guāngtíng’s own work, composed for performances at the Former Shǔ court of the emperor Wáng Yǎn 王衍. The text opens with the dānhuá liúyìng 丹華流映 incense hymn, drumming of the fǎgǔ 法鼓 24 times, the qǐngchēng fǎwèi 請稱法位 enumeration of celestial recipients, and culminates in the qǐngxuān 啟宣 longevity invocation directed to the Nánjí chángshēng dàdì 南極長生大帝, Tiānhuáng wànbāqiān suì 天皇萬八千歲, and the Guǎngchéng 廣成 of the twelve-hundred-year lifespan.
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.