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The Xiyou ji is one of the few Quanzhen works to have been widely edited
outside the Taoist Canon during the Ming and the Qing periods. It has been
repeatedly studied by Chinese and foreign scholars mainly for its information
on historical geography and for its status as a "medieval travelogue." One
should not neglect, however, Wang Guowei's .£ 11 #.ft (1877-1927; IC 868-71)
rich commentary, which examines its religious and social background.

Vincent GOOSSAERT
W BoltzJ. M. I987a, 66-67, 159-60; de Rachewiltz I962a; de Rachewiltz I962b;
Waley 1931 (part. trans.); Wang Guowei 1926; Yao Tao-chung 1986

* Qiu Chuji; Quanzhen; TAOISM AND CHINESE LITERATURE

Changsheng dadi

Great Emperor of Long Life

The full name of this god is Gaoshang Shenxiao Yuqing changsheng dadi i'S.J
..t **' If.:E. ~'iIf~ ~ * * (Great Emperor of Long Life of the Jade Clarity in the
Most Exalted Divine Empyrean). He is the first in the group of Nine Mon-
archs (jiuchen 1L Jf.if.) belonging to the pantheon of the *Shenxiao school. (The
other monarchs are Qinghua dadi w¥**, Puhua dadi lMHt**, Leizu
dadi 'ffi' iii * *, Taiyi dadi "* Z, * * , Dongyuan dadi WiJ rJm * * , Liubo dadi
/\ ?El * * , Kehan dadi PT ~ * * , and Caifang dadi i* fjjj * * .) In Song texts
associated with the Shenxiao rites, Changsheng dadi is identified with Song
Huizong (r. IrOO-II2S).

Caroline GYSS
W Strickmann I978b, 340-41
* Shenxiao