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 Sòng-Yuán ritual sources during the early Míng for the Zhèng tǒng Dào zàng. An indispensable primary source for the Sòng-Míng Daoist thunder-magic ritual traditions. Preserved as DZ 1220 / CT 1220 (正一部).
Dating. Early Míng; incorporating Sòng-Yuán materials. Dynasty: 明.
Translations and research
Reminder: AI generated list - beware of hallucinations. Corrections and additions welcome
- 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.