DAOIST miscellany

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"Daoist Experience"

pp. 66-67 Dao-jiao San-don Zon-yuan (Daoist Teaching Three Caverns Ancestral Origin)

p.

Yun-ji Qi-qian

the 3

1st

2nd

3rd

66

3:4b

"Prime of the __"

Great Non-being of Coagulated Pervasion

Great Non-being of Red Chaos

Mysterious Pervasion of Dark Obscurity

   

"Lord of __ Treasure"

Heavenly

Numinous

Spirit

   

"__ Clarity"

Jade

Highest

Great

 

3:5a

"Heaven of __"

Clear Subtlety

the Remnants of Yu

Great Redness

67

 

energy

beginning

primordial

mysterious

   

coloring

greenish

yellowish

whitish

   

"__ Cavern"

Perfection

Mystery

Spirit

 

3:5b

"__ Vehicle"

Greater

Middle

Lesser

   

"__ Supplement"

Great Mystery

Great Peace

Great Clarity

           
   

#

the 12 classes of texts in canon

68

 

1st

fundamental texts

   

2nd

divine talismans

   

3rd

secret instructions

   

4th

numinous charts

   

5th

genealogies & registers

   

6th

praecepts & regulations

   

7th

rituals & observances

   

8th

techniques & methods

   

9th

various arts

   

10th

records & biographies

   

11th

eulogies & encomia

   

12th

lists & memoranda

p. 69 ibid., 3:6a -- Jade Capital of Mystery Metropolis

the __

is made of __

ground

gold

stairs

white jade

{cf. "streets of gold" in Apocalypsis of Ioannes}

p. 169 Yuan-gi Bun (Primordial Energy Discourse) in the Yun-ji Qi-qian 56:1b-2a

the __ of Pan-gu

became __

breath

wind & clouds

voice

thunder

left eye

sun

right eye

moon

4 limbs

4 compass-points

5 limbs (organs)

5 sacred mountains

blood & body-fluids

streams & rivers

muscles & sinews

solid earth

flesh

arable land

[head-]hair

stars

body-hair

grass & trees

teeth & bones

gold & minerals

marrow

pearls & jade

sweat

rain

bodily germs

the mass of the people

pp. 176-179 divine geography

p.

dir.

heavenly locale

 

"__ Terrace"

176

Men's Yellow Gold

 

Women's Phoenix

 

Spirit Immortals' Fishing

 

1000-Flowers of Happiness

     
 

__ slope of mountain

__ (animal) = energy of the __ (god)

 

eastern

gray ox, Venerable Lord

 

western

white ram, sage Gon-fu-zi

 

south

yellow ram, Golden Immortal

     
 

gate

into walled city Northtown within mountain

"Gate of __"

"Grotto of __"

 

eastern

Opening Radiance

Caelestial Happiness

 

western

Aeternal Life

White Clouds

 

southern

Golden Radiance

Bamboo Country

 

northern

Vast Waters

Aeternal Life

     
   

the ___ Palace

is the __

178

 

Twin Maiden

eyes

   

Great Dragon

mouth

   

Upper White

nose

   

Water Crystal

ears

   

Heavenly Balance

heart

     
 

# (of storey)

"storey of the __" in 12-storeyed tower (pagoda), for 12 stages of respiration

 

1st

Central Palace

 

2nd

Moon Palace

 

3rd

Heavenly Immortals

179

4th

Collected Treasure

 

5th

Sagely Well

 

6th

Energy of the Law

 

7th

Wondrous Sounds

 

8th

Realizing the Dao

 

9th

Highest Absorption

 

10th

Luminous Yan

 

11th

Bell & Drum

 

12th

2 Sages

Livia Kohn: The Taoist Experience. State U. of NY Pr, Albany, 1993.

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"Daoist Scriptures"

pp. 326-327 the 3 palaces of the 3 Primes, with their respective spirits

"__ Prime"

its "palace" is in the __

its spirit is the __

bye-name of spirit

alternate name of spirit

Upper

"Muddy Pellet" [brain]

Ruddy Infant

Primal Priority

Thearch's Chamberlain

Central

"Scarlet Chamber" (heart)

Perfected One

Thane Cinnabar

Shining Durability

Lower

"Cinnabar Field" (below the navel)

Newborn

Primal Yan

Valley Mystery

DAOIST CLASSICS, No. 1. Stephen R. Bokenkamp: Early Daoist Scriptures. U. of CA pr, 1999.

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"Cosmology in China"

p. 139 (Table 4.2) the 5-powers theory of Zou Yan

emperor

dynasty

power

omen

Huan Di

 

earth

grand-earthworm & mole-cricket

Yu

Xia

wood

luxuriant vegetation in winter

Tan

S^an

metal

blade appearing in water {cf. Excalibur deposited in lake}

Wen

Z^ou

fire

red birds carrying red book

   

water

 

p. 160 (Table 4.4) the 5-phases theory of the Ou-yan & the Xia-hou

dir.

affairs

good

bad

east

demeanor

farming

hunting

south

governing

organization

evil

centre

domestic

education

extravagance

west

military

restraint

greed

north

rituals

reverence

irreverent

p. 161 (Table 4.5) the 5-duties theory of Hon-fan (according to the 2nd part of the Wu-xin Z^i)

duty

demeanor

speech

sight

hearing

thought

property

respect

compliance

clarity

perceptiveness

capaciousness

good result

solemnity

orderliness

wisdom

deliberation

sageliness

verification

rain

sunshine

heat

cold

wind

bad result

wildness

assumption

indolence

haste

stupidity

bad omen: "constant __"

rain

sunshine

heat

cold

wind

p. 163 (Table 4.6) commentary by Fu S^en on the theory of Hon-fan (according to the 2nd part of the Wu-xin Z^i)

duty

demeanor

speech

sight

hearing

thought

guilt

wildness

assumption

indolence

haste

foolishness

punishment: "constant __"

rain

sunshine

heat

cold

wind

extremeness

evil

sorrow

sickness

poverty

shortening of lifespan

Goblin (Yao): " in __"

clothes

poe:try

grass

drums

lard & night

plague (nie): "of __"

tortoises

shell-insects

worms

fish

flowers

disaster (huo): "in __"

chickens

hounds

sheep

swine

oxen

illness: "in __"

lower parts of body, growing upward

mouth & tongue

eyen

ears

heart & belly

p. 165 loci of omens (according to HSBZ 27Ba, pp. 2a-2b; HS, p. 1353) in Han theoretics

in the world of __

omens are called __

similar to __

problem

plants

Yao ("goblins")

yao tai ("early embryo")

as yet small

insects

Nie ("plague")

ya nie ("sprouts")

 

animals

Huo ("disasters")

 

bigger

humans

E ("illness")

 

pervasive & deep

S^en (strange beings)

Xian (generated externally)

   

p. 166 for sovereign's failure to establish the standard, according to the HSBZ 27Ca, p. 10b

its __

is __

guilt

blindness

punishment

Constant yin

extreme

weakness

   

there are __

of __

yao

shooting

nie

dragons & snakes

huo

horses

e

inferiors attacking superiors

irregularities

paths of sun & of moon

retrograde

constellations

Aihe Wang: Cosmology and Political Culture in Early China. Cambridge U. Pr, 2000.

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Tai-s^an Lao-jun Ne Ri-yon Miao-jin ("Great-High Old-Lord Daily Internal Practice Wondrous-Scripture") = DZ 645

p. 5 -- the 7 Treasures

#

organ

"is __"

1st

essence

quicksilver

2nd

blood

gold

3rd

qi

jade

4th

marrow

quartz

5th

brain

sand

6th

kidneys

jade rings

7th

heart

gem

HANDBOOKS FOR DAOIST PRACTICE, # 6 = Scripture for Daily Internal Practice, translated bv Louis Komjathy. Wandering Cloud Pr, Seattle, 2003.

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