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is eclectic, containing works on neidan, *waidan, and sexual techniques. Eight
of them are Fu's own writings, three consist of his own notes and comments,
and the other six are republished from other sources. Fu's own Yiguan zhenji
yijian lu -l1t~1IMAAj~ (Records for an Easy Understanding of the True
Mechanism of the Pervading Unity) contains his works on neidan, but also
an entire collection of texts on *nudan (inner alchemy for women) entitled
Nujindanfayao 3z"~:Pt1tJ! (Essentials of the Methods of the Golden Elixir
for Women; Wile 1992, 202-4) with such works as the Kunyuan jing tlj3 il:~~
(Scripture of the Original Female) as well as writings attributed to *Sun Bu' er
and a Miaohua zhenren ~)1tJ'tA (Perfected of Wondrous Transformation;
fl. 1743). Several works ascribed to *Zhang Sanfeng are collected in the Sanfeng
danjue =:$:Pt 'iiJc (Zhang Sanfeng's Alchemical Instructions), notably the Jindan
jieyao ~:Ptfili~ (Synopsis of the Golden Elixir; trans. Wile 1992, r69-78), the
Caizhen jiyao f* ~ 11 ~ (Essentials of the Process for Gathering the True; trans.
Wile 1992, 178-88), and the Wugen shu ~ t& t~j (The Rootless Tree; trans. Wile
1992,188--92), all dealing with sexual practices. Of note also is the Qiaoyang zi
yulu tJ!i ~1iJf ;W3" j~ (Recorded Sayings of Master Qiaoyang), which contains an
abridged version of the sayings of the Yuan-dynasty Jingming master *Liu Yu.
The Qiaoyangjing t~ ~f ~ (Scriptures of Master Qiaoyang) includes related
Ming and Qing texts obtained by spirit writing (see *fuji).
FuJinquan was not only a great scholar, but also a talented painter and poet.
The preface to his Beixi lu t,f1~~ (Records of the Goblet Pool), contributed
by A Yinglin jlay if!. ", shows that many of his texts were inscribed on his paint-
ings. A Yinglin also took zither lessons from Fu, revealing yet another side of
Fu's eclecticism.
Farzeen BALDRIAN-HUSSEIN

ID Qing Xitai 1988-95, 4: 195-2U; Qing Xitai 1994, 1: 399-400, 2: 187-89; Zeng
Zhaonan 1996

* neidan; nudan

Fu Yi

Fu Yi is known primarily as an expert on the text of the Daode jing and as an
influential critic of Buddhism during the early Tang dynasty. His textuallabors
are to be found in the '1\ncient Version," Daode jing guben pian m if; ~~ rfi" ;$: ~
(Compilation of the Ancient Version of the Daode jing; CT 665), a type of title