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

3. Ming and Qing Dynasties 163
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2. LU XIXING
[11] Zhouyi cantong qi ceshu 周 易 參 同 契 測 疏 , 1569.
[12] Zhouyi cantong qi kouyi 周 易 參 同 契 口 義 , 1573.
The reputed founder of the Eastern Branch (Dongpai 東 派 ) of Mingdynasty
Neidan, Lu Xixing 陸 西 星 (1520–1601 or 1606, from Jiangsu),
wrote two commentaries to the Cantong qi. 12 The first is the Zhouyi
cantong qi ceshu (An Exploratory Commentary to the Zhouyi cantong
qi), which was completed in 1569. It is divided 49 sections, and also
includes the essay on the Cantong qi attributed to Zhang Boduan,
followed by Lu Xixing’s own comments. The second commentary is
the Zhouyi cantong qi kouyi (Oral Instructions on the Meaning of the
Zhouyi cantong qi), which was completed in 1573 and consists in a
considerably revised version of the Ceshu. The Kouyi contains only 46
sections, and refers the reader to the Ceshu for the final three sections.
It is concluded by several charts and illustrations.
Although Lu Xixing praises Chen Zhixu in his preface to the
Ceshu, and although the titles of several sections in his text are
identical or similar to those found in Chen Zhixu’s work, the main
indicators of textual filiation show that his text is based on Yu Yan’s
redaction. In particular, Lu Xixing follows Yu Yan in the sequences of
verses 2:3–6, 46:9–12, and 72:9–14; in placing verses 64:9–10 after
62:16, and section 85 after section 13; and in omitting verses 45:9–10.
Lu Xixing’s commentary, moreover, includes the “Eulogium,” with
readings corresponding to those found only in Yu Yan’s text.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Liu Ts’un-yan, “Lu Hsi-hsing and his Commentaries on the
Ts’an-t’ung-ch’i.” — Zeng Chuanhui, Yuandai Cantong xue, 108–12.
3. XU WEI
[13] Fenshi guzhu Cantong qi 分 釋 古 注 參 同 契 , ca. 1570.
The famous dramatist, poet, and calligrapher Xu Wei 徐 渭 (1521–93,
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On Lu Xixing and his works see Goodrich and Fang, eds., Dictionary
of Ming Biography, 991–94; Qing Xitai, ed., Zhongguo Daojiao, 1:387; and
the entry by Farzeen Baldrian-Hussein in Pregadio, ed., The Encyclopedia of
Taoism, 719–21.
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