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colleague named Sheng Ximing §li: ~~ IV] had with Huang, also in 1323. Huang
reportedly viewed Xu's arrival as a prophetic response to his dream the night
before and presented him with copies of the jingming zhongxiao shu fj3- B~ ,[T, ~
if (Writings of the Pure and Bright [Way of] Loyalty and Filiality) and Yuzhen
yulu 3i.~,·iif;%:: (Recorded Sayings of Jade Perfection). XU does not reveal the
age of these texts but says that a few days later Huang brought out another set
of transcribed teachings that had not been published. He did this, according
to Xu, in appreciation of his perceptive response to the other texts and also
expressed interest in having everything published as a unit.
Approximately nine months after Huang's demise in the twelfth lunar
month of 1325 (15 January 1326), Xu paid a visit to the cemetery at the Yulong
gong. Huang's disciples Chen Yunyin I;*~ 1l;J and Xiong Cangya H~ i.i ~
came forward at the time with additional texts. Xu states that he then put the
recorded sayings he had collected together with the texts revealed to Liu Yu
and gave it the titleJingming zhongxiao quanshu. By publishing this anthology,
he intended to provide scholars of like mind with guidance on cultivating
loyalty and filiality in both public and private affairs so that all might live in
harmony and peace.
The opening juan includes biographical accounts for seven figures central
to the Jingming formulation: Xu Xun, Zhang Yun '* i\.( (653-745), Hu Huichao
liJl ~ ~ (?-703), Cuo Pu 1P!( (276-324), Liu Yu, Huang Yuanji, and Xu Hui.
Copies of five texts putatively revealed to Liu Yu by Xu Xun, Hu Huichao,
and Cuo Pu are contained injuan 2.Juan 3-5 are devoted to transcriptions of
Liu Yu's teachings, largely in response to anonymously posed questions. The
heading Yuzhen xiansheng yulu::E ~:5t 1: ~g: ~ (Recorded Sayings of the Elder
of Jade Perfection) given this body of texts is amplified by the designations neiji
lA] ~ (Internal Anthology), waiji y~ ~ (External Anthology), and bieji )JIJ ~
(Separate Anthology), respectively, for juan 3,4, and 5. The last juan, dedicated
to Huang Yuanji's sayings, is entitled Zhonghuang xiansheng wenda 4']t:St; 1:
MU S (Responses to Inquiries of the Elder of Central Yellow). Whereas the
biographies document the diverse ritual practices of the Jingming patriarchs
in their roles as rainmakers and exorcists on call, the essential lesson that
both Liu and Huang give their following is to forsake solitary contemplative
pursuits in favor of devoted attention to the welfare of family and state.
Another version of this anthology, edited by *Shao Yizheng fj[1 ~:;, lE (?-1462)
in 1452, is contained in the library of the Naikaku bunko in Tokyo. A cognate
body of writings is included in the Xiaoyao shan Wanshou gong zhi jJ!jjili ill
;§'i;" '§;:.j;; (Monograph of the Palace of Ten-thousand-fold Longevity at
Mount Xiaoyao) published in 1878 (Du Jiexiang 1983,6: 206-33 and 270-305, T
55 1-72 ).
judith M. BOLTZ