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The second treatise is the *Huimingjing ~ frJ f.l~ (Scripture of Wisdom and
Life), also known as Zuishang yisheng huimingjing W: L ~ '* ,~( frJ f.l']( (Scripture
on Wisdom and Life of the Supreme One Vehicle). A preface by Liu and
another by Sun Tingbi I~ tr: ~ are both dated 1794. Writing for the benefit
of four disciples who had accomplished the Lesser Celestial Circuit, Liu here
mainly elucidates the techniques of the Greater Celestial Circuit (da zhoutian
:*}ffj:1(; see *zhoutian). The text is essentially an account of the experiences
that he and his disciples underwent, The first eight sections contain diagrams
on topics ranging from "cessation of outflow" (loujin iklHffi'i, asravak~aya) to
"reverting to Emptiness" (huanxu Ji:m), This portion of the work circulated
independently in esoteric circles and was published in several collections.
The two treatises were first printed together by LiangJingyang "* ~ ~ in
1846, and again by Deng Huiji iflq~~Ji in 1897 in the collection entitled Wu-Liu
xianzong ffi fiJp {ill * (The Wu-Liu Lineage of Immortality).
Farzeen BALDRIAN-HUSSEIN

m Boltz J. M. 1987a; Chen Zhibin 1974; Sakade Yoshinobu 1987, 2-3
* Huimingjing; neidan; Wu-Liu pai

Liu Hunkang

1035-1108; zi: Zhitong it:®.; haD: Huayang xiansheng ¥~:%j:
(Elder of Flourishing Yang)

Liu Hunkang, the twenty-fifth patriarch of the *Shangqing school, was a
famous Taoist priest based on Mount Mao (*Maoshan, Jiangsu) during the
Northern Song dynasty. A native of Puling llif ~ (Jiangsu), he was ordained
as a *daoshi at the age of twenty-four. He visited Mount Mao out of rever-
ence for the Taoist priest Mao Fengrou .f; ¥"*, who was teaching there and
conferred on him scriptures and registers (*LU). Liu cultivated the Dao atJijin
fil~ Peak in the Mount Mao ranges. He taught extensively, so that his repu-
tation spread all over Jiangnan and he received favors from several emperors
of the Northern Song.
In 1086, Liu healed the mother of Song Zhezong (r. 1085-1I00) from an
acute illness of the throat by means of talismans and writings. Zhezong
thereupon bestowed upon him the style Elder Who Pervades the Origin and
Penetrates the Sublime (Dongyuan tongmiao xiansheng 1rwl51::®.:S!'Y1Gj:), and
changed the name of the hermitage in which he resided at Mount Mao to