Tài shàng sān wǔ Zhèng yī méng wēi yuè lù jiào yí 太上三五正一盟威閱籙醮儀
Offering Liturgy for the Examination of the Three-Five Zhèng yī Alliance-Awe Registers
compiled by 杜光庭 (Dù Guāngtíng, 850–933)
A Zhèng yī ritual-liturgy text for the examination of registers (yuè lù 閱籙) — a key Daoist ritual of confirming one’s ordination-registers with heaven. Compiled by Dù Guāngtíng 杜光庭 in his mature period. Preserved as DZ 796 / CT 796 (Dòngshén bù, Jiè lǜ lèi 洞神部戒律類).
About the work
Sān wǔ zhèng yī méng wēi
The “Three-Five Zhèng yī Alliance-Awe” (Sān wǔ Zhèng yī méng wēi 三五正一盟威) is the canonical senior register-tradition of the Celestial Master lineage — a comprehensive system of celestial registers (lù 籙) that the ordained Daoist carries as a mandate of his spiritual authority. The yuè lù ritual is the periodic re-examination and renewal of these registers.
Dù Guāngtíng’s editorial work
Dù Guāngtíng was a major codifier of Táng liturgical tradition — see KR5c0114 for his monumental Dàodé jīng guǎng shèng yì, and KR5c0180 for his female-immortal hagiography. The present liturgy is one of several liturgical-ritual manuals he compiled.
Dating. Within Dù Guāngtíng’s mature period (900–933). Dynasty: 唐-五代.