Jīnlù shíhuí dùrén wǔcháo zhuǎnjīng yí 金籙十迴度人午朝轉經儀
Noon-Audience Scripture-Recitation Liturgy for the Ten-Cycle Salvation of Humanity in the Golden-Register Fast
About the work
Second member of the zhuǎnjīng triad in 三儀同卷軆十; the noon recitation of the Dùrén jīng covers huí 5–8 of the ten-cycle schema, complementing the kāishōu frame of KR5b0187.
Abstract
The noon rite repeats the structure of the morning piece (KR5b0189): invocation of the Língbǎo transmission lineage, declaration of intent, and zhuǎnsòng 轉誦 of the central scripture, here turning huí 5 through 8. The middle four huí in the Dùrén jīng cycle correspond cosmologically to the four cardinal regions (east, south, west, north) of the salvific deliverance schema; their performance at noon places the central-zenith moment of the day under the protection of the zhōng 中 (centre) axis of the cosmos. The dedication closes with the standard huíxiàng of the noon merit to the imperial wànshòu 萬壽.
Per Schipper & Verellen (Taoist Canon 2: 996–997, John Lagerwey), the integration of the Dùrén jīng recitation into the Jīnlù in this elaborate 3×2 (morning/noon/evening × frame/recitation) form is the most characteristic feature of the SòngYuán Jīnlù synthesis preserved in DZ 495–497.
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: 996–997 (DZ 497, entry by John Lagerwey).