Tài shàng Lǎo jūn yuán dào zhēn jīng zhù jiě 太上老君元道真經註解
Commentary on the True Scripture of the Most High Lord Lǎo’s Original Way
by 隱芝 (Yǐn zhī)
A 13th-century Daoist commentary on a short Lǎojūn scripture Yuán dào zhēn jīng 元道真經 (“True Scripture of the Original Way”), by Yǐn zhī 隱芝 (hào, meaning “Hidden Mushroom”). Preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng as DZ 761 / CT 761 (Dòngshén bù, Yù jué lèi 洞神部玉訣類).
About the work
Author
Yǐn zhī 隱芝 is a Daoist pseudonym; the hào evokes the zhī 芝 (magical mushroom) of Daoist immortality-lore, and “hidden” (yǐn 隱) evokes Daoist retreat.
Scripture
The Yuán dào zhēn jīng is a short Lǎojūn-attributed meditation scripture. The commentary is relatively brief (1 juàn).
Abstract
A minor but clean Quán zhēn-style commentary on a little-studied Daoist scripture.
Dating. 13th century. Frontmatter gives 1200–1300 as a conservative window. Dynasty: 宋-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 761 entry.