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Commentaries on the Classics
Traditional commentaries on the Yinfu Jing, the Dingguan Jing, and other Daoist classics — base text and gloss translated together from the Daoist Canon.
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Texts
Collected Commentaries on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Hidden Accordance — Huangdi Yinfu Jing JizhuA composite Tang-era commentary on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Hidden Accordance, gathering seven legendary and historical voices — Yi Yin, Taigong, Fan Li, Guiguzi, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Liang, and Li Quan — with its complete Daozang source text.Commentaries on the Wondrous Scripture on Ascending to the Mystery, Dispelling Calamity, and Protecting Life — Taishang Shengxuan Xiaozai Huming Miaojing ZhuTwo Yuan-dynasty inner-alchemy commentaries, by Li Daochun and Wang Jie, on a short Daoist scripture that reads being, non-being, form, and emptiness against the promise of a protected life — with its complete Daozang source text.Commentary on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Hidden Accordance — Huangdi Yinfu Jing JieA Northern Song commentary by Jian Changchen on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Hidden Accordance, alternating the ancient scripture's lines with prose explanation — with its complete Daozang source text.Essential Instructions on the Scripture of the True Treasury — Zhen Cang Jing Yao JueA Daoist scripture, likely of Tang date, in which a Celestial Worthy teaches two questioning disciples that an unborn, undying True Treasury lies hidden within every sentient being — with its complete Daozang source text.Explication of the Yellow Court Jade Scripture, Inner and Outer — Huangting Neiwai Yujing Jing JieA Daoist Canon commentary by Jiang Shenxiu explicating the Inner and Outer Jade Scriptures of the Yellow Court chapter by chapter — with its complete Daozang source text.Shen Yafu's Commentary on the Classic of the Hidden Accordance — Huangdi Yinfu Jing ZhuA Northern Song commentary by Shen Yafu on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Hidden Accordance, reading its terse, cryptic scripture as a threefold path of inner alchemy — with its complete Daozang source text.The Commentary on the Ancient Cavern Scripture of the Crimson Text — Taishang Chiwen Donggu Jing ZhuA commentary by the thirteenth-century Quanzhen priest Changquanzi on an anonymous ancient scripture of the Daoist Canon (DZ 106), teaching the stilling of mind and senses toward the Golden Elixir — with its complete Daozang source text.The Jade Instructions of the Three Sovereigns on the Scripture of the Hidden Accordance — Yinfu Jing Sanhuang YujueA Daoist Canon commentary framing the cryptic Yinfu Jing as a scripture the Yellow Emperor recovers from a mountain grotto and has explained to him, scroll by scroll, by the immortals Guangchengzi and the Sovereign of Celestial Truth — with its complete Daozang source text.The Scripture of Deep Antiquity, with Commentary — Yuanshi Tianzun Shuo Taigu Jing ZhuA commentated scripture of the Daoist Canon in which the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning teaches stillness, breath, and the nourishing of true nature — with its complete Daozang source text.Zhang Guo's Commentary on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Hidden Accordance — Huangdi Yinfu Jing ZhuA Tang-dynasty commentary on the Yinfu Jing attributed to Zhang Guo, weaving the base scripture together with a quoted 傳 tradition and running polemic against the rival commentator Li Quan — with its complete Daozang source text.