Xuán tiān shàng dì qǐ shèng lù 玄天上帝啟聖錄
Record of the Sage-Revelations of the Dark-Heaven Supreme Thearch
Anonymous; Yuán
A major Yuán hagiography of Xuán tiān shàng dì 玄天上帝 (also called Zhēn wǔ 真武 / Xuán wǔ 玄武), the Dark Warrior of the North, in 8 juàn. Compiled in support of the rapidly expanding Zhēn wǔ cult centered at Wǔ dāng shān 武當山 (Húběi), which had received systematic imperial patronage from the Sòng onward and would receive spectacular Míng patronage under the Yǒng lè emperor. Preserved as DZ 958 / CT 958 (Dòngshén bù, Jì chuán lèi 洞神部記傳類).
Dating. Yuán. Dynasty: 元.
Translations and research
- Lagerwey, John. “The Pilgrimage to Wu-dang shan.” In Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China, ed. Susan Naquin and Chün-fang Yü (University of California Press, 1992). Discussion of the Zhēn wǔ cult and its textual corpus.