Chóng yáng lì jiào shí wǔ lùn 重陽立教十五論

Chóngyáng’s Fifteen Discourses on Establishing the Teaching

by 王嚞 (Wáng Chóngyáng, 1113–1170)

Wáng Chóngyáng’s foundational doctrinal manifesto — fifteen short chapters establishing the programmatic teaching of the new Quán zhēn school (precepts, austerities, meditation, the nature of the mind). Preserved as DZ 1233 / CT 1233 (正一部).

Dating. Within Wáng’s active life. Dynasty: 金.

Translations and research

  • Eskildsen, Stephen. The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters. SUNY Press, 2004. Fundamental text.