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(?-I382), whose name appears repeatedly within the opening fifty-five juan
devoted to *Qingwei teachings. Several selections in this predominant body
of texts include posthumous ritual invocations of the Perfected Zhao (Zhao
zhenren Mi !'( A.). Thus, the editorial task of gathering and organizing such
a vast assortment of texts would not have been completed any earlier than
twenty-five years before the compilation of the Ming Canon was initiated in
1406. It is not at all unlikely that Zhao's own disciples may have had a hand in
this pedagogical enterprise. If not Cao Dayong ',Ill *- ~,w (?-I397) or *Liu Yuan-
ran (1351-1432), then perhaps Liu's esteemed disciple *Shao Yizheng (?-I462)
may have overseen the completion of the Daofa huiyuan at the time he took
over the editorship of the so-called *Zhengtong daozang (Taoist Canon of the
Zhengtong Reign Period).
Like the opening corpus of Qingwei teachings, the majority of writings in
the Daofa huiyuan provide instruction on *leifa (Thunder Rites). Many guides
on the therapeutic application of such rituals prescribe close cooperation be-
tween spirit-mediums (tongzi "i\ (; see *tang-ki) and experts in specific schools
of exorcistic practice. Equally outstanding in this anthology are the detailed
and richly illustrated instructions for producing and applying talismans (*FU).
It is overall a rich source of documentation for the diverse and highly colorful
ritual practices that have stimulated many scenes in Chinese narrative and
operatic literature for centuries. Representative units of texts with datable
features are listed below by chapter number:
I-55. Qingwei manuals with Daofa jiuyao jlU! 11 ~ (Nine Essentials of
Taoist Rites) by *Bai Yuchan (II94-I229?) inj. I, a colophon dated 1268 by the
Qingwei codifier *Huang Shunshen (1224-after 1286) inj. 9, and selections by
Zhao Yizhen inj. 5, 7,8,14, and 17.
56. Five Thunder Rites of Yushu x11M (Jade Pivot), with a preface by *Wang
Wenqing (I093-II53).
61. Five Thunder Rites of *Shenxiao (Divine Empyrean), with preface by
Wang Wenqing.
66-67. Thunderclap (Leiting 1IH~) writings, with a postface dated 1287
by Huang Shunshen and selections by *Sa Shoujian (fl. II41-78?) and Wang
Wenqing.
70. Xuanzhuge ~fJK~ (Song of the Mysterious Pearl) by Wang Wenqing,
with commentary by Bai Yuchan.
71. Xujing tianshi powang zhang n1Ityg'J( Ftffi7iH£ ~¥ (Stanzas by the Celestial
Master of Empty Quiescence on Smashing Falsity) by the thirtieth Celestial
Master *Zhang]ixian (I092-II26).
76. Thunderclap teachings transmitted by Wang Wenqing in the name of
Wang Zihua If ~* (714-89), with a preface by Bai Yuchan and a postface
dated II03 by the annotator Zhu Weiyi JK W~