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include another anthology, commentaries to Taoist and Buddhist texts, and
sermons.
Vincent GOOSSAERT
ID BoltzJ. M. 1987a, 65, 165-67; Endres 1985; Marsone 20ora, 106-7; Reiter 1981

* Quanzhen

He Daoquan

1319?-1399; haD: Wugou zi ~WT (Master Free from Stains), Song-
chun daoren t~1$iliA (The Taoist Pure Like a Pine)

He Daoquan is an outstanding example of a *Quanzhen master active at the
beginning of the Ming dynasty. While the Quanzhen order lost its independence
and original organization with the advent of the dynasty, its pedagogy and
training methods continued to enjoy a high level of prestige among all Taoists,
as is well documented in the contemporary *Daomenshigui. He Daoquan's life
is mainly known through a funerary inscription, a rubbing of which is housed
at the Beijing National Library, and especially through his recorded sayings,
the Suiji yinghua lu M1~JnHt ~ (Account of Induced Conversions Accord-
ing to Circumstances; 1401; CT 1076). The person portrayed in these sources
strongly resembles the great Quanzhen masters of the thirteenth century,
such as *Wang Zhijin and *Yin Zhiping.
He Daoquan was a native of Hangzhou (Zhejiang) but spent his life travel-
ling, mostly in Jiangsu and northern China, teaching in temples and in the large
Quanzhen mona teries that were still active. He died near present-day Xi'an
(Shaanxi), in the holy land of Quanzhen. Besides the Suiji yinghua lu, he also
wrote a commentary to the Daode jing-a rather common scholastic exercise
among Quanzhen Taoists- entitled Daode jing shuzhu ili 1t~~ J£ 11 (Detailed
Commentary to the Daode jing). A Ming edition of this work, which quotes
several earlier lost commentaries and is also valuable for its introduction il-
lustrated with *neidan charts, is at the Beijing National Library, and a similar
Japanese edition of the K6ka reign period (1844- 48) is reproduced in the Wuqiu
beizhai Laozi jicheng chubian ~ * f.M ~;g T ~ PX; fJJ t.;\1ij (Complete Collection
of Editions of the Laozi, from the Wuqiu beizhai Studio; First Series; Taipei:
Yiwen yinshuguan, 1965).
The Suiji yinghua lu is one of the liveliest "recorded sayings" (*yulu) in the
Taoist Canon, since it focuses, as the title suggests, on the interaction between