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Immortals, Quanzhen, and Travel
Daoist immortal songs, Quanzhen poetry, and travel records connected to Daoist masters and lineages.
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Texts
Poems of the Living DeadThirty poems composed from inside a self-dug tomb by the founder of Quanzhen Daoism — each ending with the word 'dust.' First English translation.Praises and Songs of the ImmortalsDaoist liturgical anthology from the Zhengtong Daozang (DZ0613): morning, noon, and evening praises to the Heaven-Worthy Who Saves from Suffering; a sequence of bu xu ci (Walking-in-Void Songs) from the Shangqing tradition including Lady Taizhen's poem to Ma Mingsheng and Lady Youying's celestial letters to Yang Xi; an encomium of the hermit Wu Zilai; the Hymn of the Numinous Sound; and works by the Lady of the Southern Peak. First English translation.Travels of an Alchemist — The Chinggis Khan AccountThe journey of the Daoist master Qiu Chuji (Changchun, 1148–1227) from Shandong across Mongolia and Central Asia to the camp of Chinggis Khan in the Hindu Kush, 1220–1223, recorded by his disciple Li Zhichang. Contains the three audiences on the Way, the master's poems of the road, and the only firsthand Chinese account of the Mongol empire at its height.