Shàng qīng huáng shū guò dù yí 上清黃書過度儀
Shàngqīng Yellow-Writing Transition-Crossing Liturgy
Anonymous; Six Dynasties
A controversial early Celestial-Masters sexual-ritual text — the Huáng shū 黃書 corpus describes the guò dù 過度 (“passage through”) rites combining male-female ritualized intercourse with astral-numerical procedures. Later Daoist reformers (notably Kòu Qiānzhī) sought to suppress these practices. Preserved as DZ 1294 / CT 1294 (正一部).
Dating. Six Dynasties. Dynasty: 六朝.
Translations and research
- Despeux, Catherine. “La gymnastique daoyin dans la Chine ancienne.” Études chinoises 23 (2004).
- Raz, Gil. The Emergence of Daoism: Creation of Tradition. Routledge, 2012. Treats guò dù ritual.