Dòng xuán Líng bǎo sān dòng fèng dào kē jiè yíng shǐ 洞玄靈寶三洞奉道科戒營始

Three-Cavern Initiation of Regulations, Precepts, and Establishment for Venerating the Way

attributed to 金明七真 (Jīn míng qī zhēn); early Táng

A major early-Táng regulatory-liturgical compendium codifying the norms, precepts, and ritual establishment of Daoist monasticism across the Three Caverns. Fundamental source for reconstructing Táng Daoist institutional practice. Preserved as DZ 1125 / CT 1125 (Tài píng bù 太平部).

Dating. Early Táng. Dynasty: 唐初期.

Translations and research

  • Kohn, Livia. The Daoist Monastic Manual: A Translation of the Fengdao kejie. Oxford UP, 2004. Standard English translation.