Tiān xiān zhèng lǐ zhí lùn qiǎn shuō 天仙正理直論淺說
Plain Exposition of the Tiānxiān Zhènglǐ Zhílùn
by 伍守陽 (Wǔ Shǒuyáng); jointly annotated by 伍守虛 (Wǔ Shǒuxū)
The plain-language abridgement (qiǎn shuō 淺說) of Wǔ Shǒuyáng’s Tiān xiān zhèng lǐ zhí lùn (KR5i0067), originating in his teacher Cáo Huányáng lǎoshī’s 曹還陽老師 informal teaching and developed by Wǔ as a zǒng gāng (general outline) of the larger zhílùn. The format is Wǔzǐ … fāmíng yuē 伍子發明曰 sentences (Wǔ’s principle-statements) followed by zhēnyáng zhù yún 真陽註云 commentary (Wǔ Shǒuxū’s elaborations). The zǒng gāng opens with the four-stage framework: xiūzhī chūzhèng (initial verification) = long-life-no-death; jízhèng (ultimate verification) = governance-of-Heaven-and-Earth; the intermediate stages between.
Prefaces
The text opens directly without a separate preface; the framing context (the Cáo Huányáng lǎoshī base teaching) is given within the main text.
Abstract
The abridgement and outline of the larger Tiān xiān zhèng lǐ zhí lùn — together they form the principal WǔLiǔ pài systematic exposition. The qiǎn shuō is the more pedagogically accessible introduction; the zhí lùn the more sustained doctrinal treatment. Composition c. 1622–1639, contemporary with the parent work. The work’s interlocutor — Jí Wáng Tàihé diànxià 吉王太和殿下 — is the same Míng prince who is the principal disciple of KR5i0066 Xiān fó hé zōng yǔ lù, with named interventions in the text where Wǔ Shǒuyáng answers his questions in detail.
Translations and research
- See works cited under KR5i0067.
- No critical edition or full translation of the Qiǎn shuō in any modern language located.
Links
- Kanseki Repository KR5i0068
- Author: 伍守陽; co-annotator: 伍守虛.