Zhèng yī chū guān zhāng yí 正一出官章儀
Zhèng yī Liturgy for Dispatching Officers and Petitions
Anonymous; Táng
A Zhèng yī 正一 liturgical manual for the dispatching of celestial officers (chū guān 出官) and the submission of petitions (zhāng 章) — key rituals of the Daoist priest’s communication with the celestial bureaucracy. Preserved as DZ 795 / CT 795 (Dòngshén bù, Jiè lǜ lèi 洞神部戒律類).
About the work
The dispatching of officers (chū guān) — the mobilisation of the celestial officials who inhabit the Daoist priest’s body for ritual purposes — and the submission of petitions (shàng zhāng 上章) are central operations of the Zhèng yī ritual system. The text provides the step-by-step procedure for these operations.
Dating. Táng. Dynasty: 唐.