The Seal of the Unity of the Three — Vol. 2 - The Golden Elixir

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9 Anon. Waidan comm. [1] Daozang (1445)
10 Wang Wenlu [14] Bailing xueshan (1584)
11 Zhu Yuanyu [20] Daozang jiyao (ca. 1800) or
Chongkan Daozang jiyao
(1906) 2
12 Yuan Renlin [25] Congshu jicheng chubian (1937)
13 Dong Dening [29] Daoguan zhenyuan (1789/ca. 1804)
14 Liu Yiming [31] Daoshu shi’er zhong (1880)
In addition, three appendixes contain transcriptions of seven related
works, of more than a dozen prefaces, and of descriptive notes on
commentaries to the Cantong qi found in three bibliographic sources.
Zhou’s book is designated “for internal circulation” (neibu 內 部 ) and
has not been released through ordinary channels. 3
The volume edited by Meng Naichang 孟 乃 昌 and Meng Qingxuan
孟 庆 , entitled Wangu danjing wang: “Zhouyi cantong qi” sanshisi
jia zhushi jicui 万 古 丹 经 王 —『 周 易 参 同 契 』 三 十 四 家 注 集 萃 (“The
King of Alchemical Scriptures of All Times”: A compilation of thirtyfour
commentaries to the Zhouyi cantong qi, 1993), is even larger in
scope compared to Zhou Shiyi’s work. The sources listed at the end of
the book are the following (for more details see below, p. 17): 4
1 Anon. Waidan comm. [1] Daozang (1445)
2 Yin Changsheng [2] Daozang (1445)
3 Peng Xiao [3] Jindan zhengli daquan (1538);
Daozang (1445)
4 Zhu Xi [4] Shoushan ge congshu (1844);
Daozang (1445)
5 Chu Yong [6] Daozang (1445)
6 Chen Xianwei [7] Jindan zhengli daquan (1538);
2
Zhou Shiyi cites the year 1669, which is the date of Zhu Yuanyu’s
preface to his own work. He refers to an edition in two juan, which should
consist either of the original edition of the Daozang jiyao or—more likely—
of its expanded reedition, the Chongkan Daozang jiyao.
3
I am grateful to Lowell Skar for providing me with a copy of this work,
on which I began my study the Cantong qi in the early 1990s.
4
The most valuable of these sources are those by Xu Wei (Guzhu Cantong
qi fenshi, ca. 1570); Wang Jiachun (Jiaozhu guwen cantong qi, 1591);
Jiang Zhongzhen (Cantong qi, 1694); Liu Wulong (Gu Cantong qi jizhu,
1735); and Li Shixu (Zhouyi cantong qi zhushi, 1823). These works are extant
in few or even in unique exemplars and, to my knowledge, are not available in
reprints.
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