Dào fǎ huì yuán 道法會元
Origins Assembled: The Great Compendium of Daoist Ritual
Anonymous; early Míng
The single largest ritual compendium in the Dào zàng — 268 juàn, collecting the ritual corpus of the Thunder Rites (léi fǎ 雷法) movements: Shén xiāo 神霄, Qīng wēi 清微, Tóng chū 童初, Tiān xīn 天心, and allied traditions. Compiled from SòngYuán ritual sources during the early Míng for the Zhèng tǒng Dào zàng. An indispensable primary source for the SòngMíng Daoist thunder-magic ritual traditions. Preserved as DZ 1220 / CT 1220 (正一部).
Dating. Early Míng; incorporating SòngYuán materials. Dynasty: 明.
Translations and research
- Skar, Lowell. “Ritual Movements, Deity Cults, and the Transformation of Daoism in Song and Yuan Times.” In Daoism Handbook, ed. Livia Kohn (Brill, 2000).
- Reiter, Florian C. Basic Conditions of Taoist Thunder Magic. Harrassowitz, 2007.