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188 II. Commentaries, Essays, and Related Works ————————————————————————————————————————— to be the main text written by Wei Boyang. This section is divided into three chapters (juan) or “books” (pian). Its postface (in some versions, preface) is the portion of text corresponding to sections 86–88. 2. “Commentary” (“Jianzhu” 箋注 ), in verses of five characters, considered to have been contributed by Xu Jingxiu. This section too is divided into three chapters or “books.” Its postface (in some versions, preface) is the “Eulogium” (“Zanxu” 讚序 ) found in the redactions by Peng Xiao, Zhu Xi, and Yu Yan. 3. “The Three Categories” (“San xianglei” 三相類 ), attributed to Chunyu Shutong and divided into two chapters or “books.” The first chapter includes sections 77–81, i.e., the portion of the “Epilogue” patterned on the “Lisao” poem; the second consists of section 82, i.e., the “Song of the Tripod.” The postface (or preface) of this section corresponds to sections 83–84. In both the “Canon” and the “Commentary,” the three chapters are respectively devoted to cosmology, Taoism, and alchemy. The original version of the Ancient Text is arranged as shown in the table on the next page. Ten commentaries to the Ancient Text, written between the late sixteenth and the late nineteenth centuries, are extant. At least four of their authors—Wang Jiachun, Peng Haogu, Qiu Zhao’ao, and Liu Yiming—were affiliated with the Ming and Qing lineages of Neidan. 9 In addition to the new arrangements of the standard text seen in the previous chapter—those by Xu Wei, Li Guangdi, and Li Shixu— the Ancient Text also inspired another genre of writing. Four of the ten extant commentaries consist, either in whole or in part, of rearrangements of earlier works according to the format of the Ancient Text. In addition to those by Jiang Yibiao and by Ji Dakui, discussed in more detail below, this is also true of the Guben zhouyi cantong qi 9 On the commentaries by Peng Haogu, Qiu Zhao’ao, and Liu Yiming see below in the present chapter. Wang Jiachun (fl. ca. 1591, from Zhejiang) was a Taoist priest at the Yingdao guan 應道觀 (Abbey of the Response to the Dao) in Wenzhou 温州 . He is also ascribed with commentaries to the Daode jing, the Yinfu jing, and the Wuzhen pian. © Fabrizio Pregadio and Golden Elixir Press 2012
4. The Ancient Text and Its Commentaries 189 ————————————————————————————————————————— BOOK SECTIONS ————————————————————————————————————————— Canon 1 ( 上篇 ) 43–47, 5–7, 48–52, 15, 17 2 ( 中篇 ) 53–56, 70–71, 74, 20–25, 18, 27 3 ( 下篇 ) 75–76, 68–69, 62–65, 72–73, 66–67 Postface ( 後序 ) 86–88 Commentary 1 ( 上篇 ) 1–4, 8 (first part), 16, 8 (second part), 9–13, 85, 14, 37–38 2 ( 中篇 ) 57–60, 19, 26 3 ( 下篇 ) 34–36, 28–31, 61, 39–40, 32–33, 41–42 Postface ( 後序 ) “Eulogium” Three Categories 1 ( 上篇 ) 77–81 2 ( 中篇 ) 82 Postface ( 後序 ) 83–84 ————————————————————————————————————————— The original version of the “Ancient Text” of the Cantong qi. Based on the commentaries by Peng Haogu (1599), Jiang Yibiao (1614), Yuan Renlin (1732), and Lü Huilian (1879). (The Ancient Version of the Zhouyi cantong qi; no. 34) by Gong Yitu 龔易圖 (1835–94, from Fujian), which is made of selections from other commentaries, including those of Peng Xiao, Chen Xianwei, Chen Zhixu, and Lu Xixing. While these four works contain multiple commentaries, they are not the only examples of such remaniements. Yu Yan’s commentary also was rearranged to match the arrangement of the Ancient Text by Gao Shiming 高時明 in his Yihua yuanzong 一化元宗 (1624); and so also was Chen Zhixu’s commentary in the editions published by Yao Ruxun 姚汝循 in ca. 1575, and shortly later by Dong Xizu 董希祖 in his Daoshu wuzhong 道書五種 of 1604. 10 10 For Gao Shiming’s edition see above the Bibliographic Catalogue, “Commentaries,” no. 8, edition no. 8. For Yao Ruxun’s and Dong Xizu’s editions see id., no. 9, editions nos. 4 and 5, respectively. Visit the Web page on this book • www.goldenelixir.com
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