太上老君說常清靜妙經纂圖解註

Tài shàng Lǎo jūn shuō cháng qīng jìng miào jīng zuǎn tú jiě zhù 太上老君說常清靜妙經纂圖解註

Commentary with Diagrams on the Marvelous Scripture of the Most High Lord Lǎo on Constant Clarity and Stillness

by 王玠 (Wáng Jiè; early 14th cent.)

An early-Yuán commentary on the Cháng qīng jìng jīng (DZ 620) with illustrative diagrams (zuǎn tú 纂圖), by Wáng Jiè 王玠. Preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng as DZ 760 / CT 760 (Dòngshén bù, Yù jué lèi 洞神部玉訣類) in 1 juàn.

About the work

Distinctive feature: diagrams

The distinctive feature of this commentary is its integration of illustrative diagrams (zuǎn tú 纂圖) alongside the textual explanation. These visualise:

1. Cosmological concepts — the Tài jí 太極, Wú jí 無極, yīnyáng, and related structures.
2. Nèi dān 內丹 cultivation processes — the flow of jīng, qì, shén through the body.
3. Meditative stages — illustrating the scripture’s cultivation-sequence.

This diagrammatic approach is characteristic of mature Yuán-era nèi dān literature, following the precedent of Chén Tuán’s 陳摶 (d. 989) Tài jí tú and its subsequent development under Shào Yōng 邵雍 and Zhōu Dūnyí 周敦頤.

Author

Wáng Jiè 王玠 — early 14th-century Daoist scholar, otherwise little-documented.

Abstract

A distinctive Yuán-era diagrammatic commentary on the Cháng qīng jìng jīng.

Dating. Early 14th century. Per the project’s dating rule, the frontmatter gives 1300–1350 as a conservative window. Dynasty: 元.

Translations and research

• Schipper, Kristofer, and Franciscus Verellen, eds. The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, DZ 760 entry.

Links

• Kanseki Repository KR5c0156
• Parent scripture: DZ 620.
• ctext.org: 太上老君說常清靜妙經纂圖解註