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9 TAOIST BOOKS
ON THE ELIXIR
A Short Bibliography
compiled by Fabrizio Pregadio
Golden Elixir Occasional Papers — No. 1
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Nine Taoist Books on the Elixir
Introduction
This bibliography contains the main data on nine important original texts of
Taoist alchemy. I have included two texts on Waidan
外丹
(External Alchemy)
and seven texts on Neidan
內丹
(Internal Alchemy). In addition to their
importance and renown, I have chosen texts for which at least one translation
in a Western language is available.
Each entry contains:
• Title in Chinese, and translation
• Information on author and date
• A synthetic description
• References to print editions of the Chinese text
• Links to online versions of the Chinese text
• Translations into Western languages (with links to relevant Web pages, if
available)
• Main reference works, both in print and online
Please note the following details:
Taoist Canon.
References to volumes of the
Zhengtong Daozang
(Taoist
Canon of the Zhengtong Reign-Period, 1445) are to the Xinwenfeng reprint
(Taipei, 1977). The corresponding PDF files derive from the Wenwu chubanshe
reprint (Beijing, 1987). The texts are the same, but the volumes are arranged in
a different way.
Online Chinese texts.
The texts available from the website of the Minglong
gong in Taipei (www.ctcwri.idv.tw) are said to be based on the
Zhengtong
Daozang
(1445), but in fact derive from scans of the
Zhonghua Daozang
(Taoist
Canon of China, 2003). They contain errors.
Translations.
These data are provided for information only. I do not
particularly endorse or recommend any of the translations listed here.
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Google previews.
Links to the Google previews of printed books are given
for reference only. I cannot guarantee that the specific pages cited in the
bibliography are available for viewing.
Reference works (in print).
In addition to those mentioned here, the nine
texts are discussed in many other Western-language works. I have selected
three main reference works in print, and have given references (where
available) only to those three works.
Reference works (online).
When available and known to me, I have added
links to online reference works. Not all these online materials are entirely
reliable. English translations found in the Daoist Culture Centre Database are
often problematic.
Links to web pages provided in this bibliography were functioning in December
2014.
For a bibliography of works on Taoist alchemy in Western languages, please
refer to:
• Pregadio, Fabrizio,
Chinese Alchemy: An Annotated Bibliography of Works in
Western Languages
(Golden Elixir Press, 2009), available in print and PDF.
[Web
page]
Fabrizio Pregadio
April 2011
revised December 2014
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1. Jiudan jing
Jiudan jing
九丹經
(Book of the Nine Elixirs).
Anonymous, originally 2nd century CE. Now found in the first chapter of the
Huangdi jiuding shendan jingjue
黃帝九鼎神丹經訣
(Instructions on the Book of
the Divine Elixirs of the Nine Tripods by the Yellow Emperor), with a
commentary dating from the 7th century.
This is earliest Waidan (External Alchemy) text to be entirely extant. It
describes the methods for making nine elixirs, paying much attention to the
ritual background (purification rules, ceremonies, invocations to the deities,
etc.). It is important to understand the context from which the later Waidan
and Neidan traditions evolved.
Chinese text
• Zhengtong Daozang
正统道藏:
Vol. 31 [PDF]
• Zhonghua Daozang
中華道藏:
Vol. 18 [DJVU —
HTML]
Translation
• Pregadio, Fabrizio,
Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China,
pp. 159-87 (Stanford University Press, 2006). [Web
page
—
Google
Preview]
Online selections
• Rituals —
Methods
—
Benefits of the elixirs
Reference works
• Kohn, Livia, ed.,
Daoism Handbook,
p. 173 (Brill, 2000). [Google
Preview]
• Pregadio, Fabrizio, ed.,
The Encyclopedia of Taoism,
pp. 588-90 (Routledge,
2008). [Google
Preview]
• Schipper, Kristofer M., and Franciscus Verellen, eds.,
The Taoist Canon: A
Historical Companion to the Daozang,
pp. 378-79 (Chicago University Press,
2004).
• Daoist Culture Centre Database:
Chinese
—
English
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