Xīn diāo Dòng líng zhēn jīng 新雕洞靈真經
Newly-Engraved True Scripture of Communion with the Divine — Sòng printed edition of the Kàngcāng zǐ with Hé Càn’s commentary
by 王士源 (Wáng Shìyuán, compiler, fl. 742); commentary by 何璨 (Hé Càn, variant Hé Càn 何粲; Later Jìn 936–946); Republican-era critical apparatus by 張元濟 (Zhāng Yuánjì, 1867–1959)
The Sòng printed edition of the Dòng líng zhēn jīng (the Kàngcāng zǐ) with Hé Càn’s commentary, preserved in the Sìbù cóngkān 四部叢刊 (SBCK, volume 33, number 439) and with a modern critical apparatus by the Republican-era scholar Zhāng Yuánjì 張元濟 (1867–1959).
About the work
This is a parallel edition of the text and commentary also preserved in KR5c0141 (the DZ 747 text). Key differences:
- Length: This Sòng-print edition is in 5 juàn (preserving the original full length); the DZ 747 version is in 3 juàn (an abridged form).
- Source: Sòng-period printed edition, transmitted through private collections.
- Apparatus: Includes Zhāng Yuánjì’s Republican-era critical-edition notes (jiào kān jì 校勘記) — providing systematic text-critical comparisons with other surviving editions.
Author/commentator naming
The catalog records:
- Wáng Shì yuán 王士元 — this is a variant writing of Wáng Shì yuán 王士源 (the compiler of the 742 Kàngcāng zǐ; see KR5c0050).
- Hé Càn 何粲 — variant writing of Hé Càn 何璨 (see KR5c0141). The characters 粲 and 璨 are interchangeable variants meaning “bright, brilliant”.
Zhāng Yuánjì’s critical apparatus
Zhāng Yuánjì 張元濟 (1867–1959) was one of the great modern Chinese philologists and editors — a foundational figure of 20th-century Chinese textual scholarship, chief editor of the Commercial Press 商務印書館 Sìbù cóngkān and Sìbù bèi yào series. His jiào kān jì 校勘記 to this edition provides:
- Systematic textual-critical comparisons with other surviving Kàngcāng zǐ editions.
- Notes on variants between the Sòng-printed text and the DZ 747 Daozang text.
- Modern philological commentary on difficult passages.
Abstract
The Sòng-print edition (KR5c0142) and the Daozang text (KR5c0141) are complementary witnesses to the Hé Càn commentary tradition. The KR5c0142 5-juàn version is textually more complete; the KR5c0141 3-juàn version is in the canonical Daoist Canon. Modern scholarship uses both.
Dating. Per the project convention for multi-stratified texts: Wáng Shìyuán’s 742 composition is the terminus post quem; Hé Càn’s 936–946 commentary is the terminus ante quem for the scholarly-apparatus layer. Frontmatter gives 742–946 as the broad window. Dynasty: 唐-五代.
Translations and research
Reminder: AI generated list - beware of hallucinations. Corrections and additions welcome
- See KR5c0050 for the base text and KR5c0141 for the commentary tradition.
- Schipper & Verellen (2004), DZ 669 and DZ 747 entries.
Other points of interest
Zhāng Yuánjì 張元濟 (1867–1959) is one of the most important figures of 20th-century Chinese textual-editorial scholarship. Jìnshì 1892 (the last age of the Qīng civil-service examinations); later co-founder and chief editor of the Shāng wù yìn shū guǎn 商務印書館 (Commercial Press) in Shanghai. His great editorial legacy includes:
- Sìbù cóngkān 四部叢刊 — the 20th-century facsimile-reproduction of rare pre-modern Chinese texts.
- Bǎi nà běn Èr shí sì shǐ 百衲本二十四史 — critical-edition of the Twenty-Four Histories.
- Numerous other scholarly-editorial projects.
His critical apparatus on the Dòng líng zhēn jīng is part of the Sìbù cóngkān editorial programme.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5c0142
- Parent text: KR5c0050 Dòng líng zhēn jīng.
- Parallel Daozang edition: KR5c0141.
- Wikipedia: Zhang Yuanji