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on Mount Jichou (Jichou shan ;:;t~ Ill, Zhejiang). A stele by the famous
painter and calligrapher Zhao Mengfu Mi:tihJFff (1254-1322). who was one of
Du's friends, also attributes to Du the founding of the Yuantong guan ;c.@
Ill. (Abbey of Primordial Pervasiveness) in Huzhou Wl1+1 (Zhejiang). and a
collection of literary materials said to amount to ten thousand scrolls.
Three texts in the Taoist Canon bear witness to Du Daojian's exegetical
and editorial work. The first is the Daode xuanjing yuanzhi :@: it ~ i:~ 'Jj{ §' (The
Original Purport of the Mysterious Scripture of the Dao and Its Virtue; CT
702) in four juan. a commentary to the Daode jing in which Du brings together
the teachings of this scripture and those of the *Yijing. The second is the
Xuanjing yuanzhi fahui ~ #Jlf JJji §' ~ j=J:Ii (Clarification of the Original Purport
of the Mysterious Scripture; CT 703) in two juan. containing a supplementary
exegesis of the Daode jing based on *Shao Yong's work. The third text is the
Tongxuan zhenjing zuanyi @~~#Jlfijt~ (Successive Interpretations of the
Authentic Scripture of Pervading Mystery; CT 748) in twelve juan. This new
version of the scripture. ascribed to Laozi's putative disciple Wenzi X f.
was so entitled after the complete copy that Du was said to have found at the
Tongxuan guan.ii!l KW (Abbey of Pervading Mystery) on MountJichou. This
work established Du as the main heir of the *Wenzi's literary tradition and
came to be considered generally as the best available version of that text.
Poetry ascribed to Du appears in the three-juan collection entitled Gu
Louguan ziyun yanqingji 11' ~ III ~ ~ fh JJ ~ (Anthology from the Continued
Celebration [of the Appearance] of the Purple Clouds at the Tiered Abbey of
Antiquity; CT 957; Boltz]. M. 1987a, 126), compiled by Zhu Xiangxian JK M'<.
7'c (fl. 1279-1308). Du was also asked to write occasional essays. One of them
is a postscript to the Gu Louguan ziyun yanqingji (3.la-5a) written to sanction
the preeminence of the *Louguan (Tiered Abbey) over the *Qingyang gong
(Palace of the Black Ram). two establishments founded to honor Laozi's
legendary disciple *Yin Xi. Another example is a preface dated 1306 to the
*Zhonghe ji (Anthology of Central Harmony). a collection of *Li Daochun's
teachings edited by Cai Zhiyi 1X L &C! (fl. 1288-1306).
Gregoire ESPESSET
W Boltz]. M. 1987a, 218-19; Kandel 1974. 49-56; Qing Xitai 1994. I: 351-53; Sun
K'o-k'uan 1981. 240-2; Zhan Shichuang 1989, U6-27
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