Tài shàng Líng bǎo Jìng míng dòng shén shàng pǐn jīng 太上靈寶淨明洞神上品經
Most High Língbǎo Pure-Illumination Dòngshén Superior-Grade Scripture
Anonymous; SòngYuán
The opening scripture of the Jìng míng 淨明 (“Pure Illumination”) revelation-corpus within the Dào zàng — texts of the Jìng míng zhōng xiào dào 淨明忠孝道 (“Way of Pure Illumination, Loyalty, and Filiality”), a Daoist movement centered on the cult of 許遜 Xǔ Xùn at Xī shān 西山 (Jiāngxī), attaining its mature form in the 12th–14th centuries. Preserved as DZ 1103 / CT 1103 (Tài píng bù 太平部).
Dating. SòngYuán. Dynasty: 宋-元.
Translations and research
- Boltz, Judith M. A Survey of Taoist Literature: Tenth to Seventeenth Centuries. Berkeley, 1987. Jìng míng section.