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a matrix, because the Yin Spirit is still attached to the mundane world that is
bound by the Five Agents.
Monica ESPOSITO

W Cleary 1986a, IOO-I04; Despeux 1979, 79-82; Robinet 1989C, l88-90

* jing, qi, shen; neidan

Chuzhen jieli.i

Initial Precepts and Observances for Perfection

The Chuzhenjielii. by *Wang Changyue (?-l680) contains three prefaces. The
first is signed by the author and is dated 1656, when this eminent *Quanzhen
Taoist became the chief abbot of the *Baiyun guan (Abbey of the White
Clouds) in Beijing. Wang reports that he received the precepts from master
Zhao Fuyang Mi ~ ~ whom he had met on Mount Jiugong (Jiugong shan
)L 'P; 1// , Hubei), and adds that in l656 he built an ordination platform at the
Baiyun guan to transmit those precepts (see fig. 75). The two other prefaces are
by Long Qiqian ll'~ ~ m (dated l674) and Wu Taiyi !R: 7s:. - (dated l686). At the
end of the text there is an undated colophon by Da Chongguang t'r 1i 1t.
Although the Quanzhen observances are influenced by the Buddhist vinaya,
they are largely based on the precepts of Tang-dynasty Taoism shared by
the *Zhengyi, *Lingbao and *Shangqing schools (Schipper 1985C). They are
divided into three degrees: Initial Precepts for Perfection (chuzhen jie ·m ~ J+x:), I
Intermediate Precepts (zhongji jie ~ ftJ tt'X:), and Precepts for Celestial Immor-
tality (tianxian jie 7C {W fiX:). The Chuzhen jielii. is essentially concerned with the
precepts of the first degree, but also contains indications and rules about the
two other levels. The text can be divided into the five parts described below
(page numbers are those of the *Daozangjiyao edition, found in vol. 24).
Basic precepts. This part includes four sections. The first is entitled "San guiyi
jie" = fl& -t& fiX: (Precepts of the Three Refuges; 34a-b). The Three Refuges are
the Dao, the scriptures and the master. This passage reproduces a portion of
the Sandong zhongjie wen .. ~ 11"J ;:v: JtX: --x. (All Precepts of the Three Caverns; CT
l78, 2a-b), compiled by *Zhang Wanfu in the early eighth century.
The second section is the "Taishang Laojun suomingjigong guigen wujie"
7s:.L 1t;g p[rin,ffl JjJ ]i!ffifli!E j& (Five Precepts Ordered by the Most High Lord
Lao to Accumulate Merit and Return to the Root; 34b-3Sa). The precepts consist