Page 598 - The Encyclopedia of Taoism v1_A-L

THE ENCYCLOPE DI A OF TAO ISM A-L

Jindan dachengji

Anthology on the Great Achievement of the Golden Elixir

Compiled by a member of the important Xiao m~ clan in Fuzhou (Fujian),
Xiao Tingzhi :iif:fnz-: (fl. 1260- 64), this work contains various *neidan texts
written between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. Xiao's family background
matched his spiritual pedigree, since he was a premier disciple of *Peng Si
(fl. 1217-51), one of *Bai Yuchan's (n94- 1229?) two main disciples. Hi edited
work fills five chapters and constitutes one of the "ten writings" in the late
thirteenth-century compendium of Bai's legacy, the *Xiuzhen shishu (Ten Books
on the Cultivation of Perfection,j . 9-13), and is also separately printed in the
*Daozangjiyao (vol. 16). Its constituent texts, listed with references to chapter
and page numbers in the Xiuzhen shishu, include:
1. The Wuji tu shuo ~~ ~ ~ (Explanation of the Diagram of the Ultimate-
less; 9.1a- 7a), the Tuoyue ge d ~ fiX (Song of the Bellows; 9.7a- 8a), and
poems on the inner elixir (9.8a- 13a).
2 . TheJindan wenda ~ft rlJ~ ~ (Questions and Answers on the Golden Elixir;
IO.1a-14b), containing short notes on about one hundred terms used in
neidan.
3. A collection of "Eighty-One Seven-Character Quatrains" (n.1a- 13a).
4. Various poetic compositions (12.1a- 12b) and an essay on the *Zhouyi can-
tong qi (Token for the Agreement of the Three According to the Book of
Changes; 12.12b- 13b).
5. Commentaries to the *Ruyao jing (Mirror for Compounding the Medicine;
13.1a-9b) and the *Qinyuan chun (Spring in the Garden by the Qin River;
13·9b- 1 7b).

Lowel! SKAR
III BoltzJ. M. 1987a, 236

* Xiuzhen shishu; neidan