Tài shàng tài qīng tiān tóng hù mìng miào jīng zhù 太上太清天童護命妙經註
Commentary on the Marvelous Scripture of the Most High and Great Clarity of the Celestial Youth Protecting Life
by 侯善淵 (Hóu Shànyuān; Jīn-dynasty Quán zhēn Daoist, late 12th cent.)
A brief Jīn-dynasty Quán zhēn commentary on the Daoist scripture Tiān tóng hù mìng miào jīng 天童護命妙經 — a minor text of the hù mìng 護命 (“protect life”) scripture-category invoking celestial youths (tiān tóng 天童) for personal protection. Preserved in the Zhèngtǒng Dàozàng as DZ 632 / CT 632 (Dòngzhēn bù, Yù jué lèi 洞真部玉訣類).
About the work
Author
Hóu Shànyuān 侯善淵 (see 侯善淵) — the Jīn-dynasty Quán zhēn master active in the late 12th century. This is one of several short scripture-commentaries that Hóu Shànyuān produced.
Scripture
The Tiān tóng hù mìng miào jīng is a short Daoist scripture of the hù mìng 護命 protective-ritual genre. The scripture addresses Tài qīng 太清 (Great Clarity) celestial youth-deities who provide personal protection against demonic influences and illness.
Abstract
A minor but well-attested Jīn-era Quán zhēn commentary on a scripture of the protective-ritual genre.
Dating. Hóu Shànyuān’s active period: c. 1150–1200. Dynasty: 金.
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 632 entry.
- See 侯善淵 for the author’s biography and related works.