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340 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TAOISM A-L

Daozangjinghua lu

Record of the Essential Splendors
of the Taoist Canon

The eminent bibliophile Ding Fubao T t~ 1* (I874-I952) selected and published
one hundred texts under this somewhat misleading title (Shanghai: Yixue shuju,
I922; repr. Hangzhou: Zhejiang guji chubanshe, I989). Approximately one-third
of the compilation is derived from sources in the Taoist Canon and *Daozang
jiyao. It is divided into ten ji ~ (collections), with ten titles contained in each.
The introduction includes three essays entitled "Origins and Development of
the Taoist Teaching" CDaojiao yuanliu" UHhIffi1!rE), "Origins and Development
of the Taoist Canon" CDaozang yuanliu" illJ~k:?JJ;(?)it:), and "Editorial Intent"
CBianji zongzhi" ~trmrm* \§'). In the last essay, Ding states that he turned to a
study of the Dao as a middle-aged man. He was greatly inspired by the teach-
ings of the forty-third Celestial Master *Zhang Yuchu (I36I-I41O) found in the
Xianquan ji ili~ 5R ~ (Anthology of Alpine Spring; CT I3II).
Major components of the ten units are:
1. *Daozang mulu xiangzhu (Detailed Commentary on the Index of the
Taoist Canon); a catalogue of the Daozangjiyao by Jiang Yuanting ~ 5G M
(I755-I8I9); Du Daozangji ~! m ~~c (Notes on Reading the Taoist Canon)
by Liu Shipei ll¥~ t:tt J~ (I884-I9I9; ECCP 536); and Daoxue zhinan @: ~tff
l¥J (Guide to the Study of the Dao) compiled in 1922 by a Sunsun zhai
zhuren t~ t~ jf ± A (Master of the Studio of "Decreasing and Further
Decreasing"), with advice on how to read the Daozangjinghua lu.
2. Manuals of *yangsheng (Nourishing Life) techniques, including texts from
the *Yunji qiqian (Seven Lots from the Bookbag of the Clouds) and the
writings of *Qiu Chuji (II48-I227).
3· Commentaries to the *Yinfu jing (Scripture of the Hidden Accordance)
and guidebooks on massage and other exercises, including texts from the
Yunji qiqian and the *Daoshu (Pivot of the Dao).
4. Scriptures on contemplative practices in the name of the Most High Lord
Lao (Taishang Laojun ::t: L 1S-tt; see *Laozi and Laojun) and related
treatises found in the Quan Tang wen ~Jj'If)( (Complete Prose of the
Tang; I8I4).
5. SCriptural teachings and discourse records ascribed to *Wenchang, *Lii