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Book/Printed Material Tao gong huan jin shu : yi juan 陶公還金術 : 一卷 / / Huan jin shu

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Title

  • Tao gong huan jin shu : yi juan

Other Title

  • 陶公還金術 : 一卷 /
  • Huan jin shu

Summary

  • In the preface the author, Tao Zhi, refers to himself as "Qi wan", the Emperor's relative; this implied that his research into Daoism was carried out in the Emperor's name during the Jiajing Period (1522-1566 A.D.), at which time the Emperor had a great interest in Daoism; includes "Sanyijushi Shao Fu zhu".
  • Tao gong huan jin shu (Annotated book of alchemy) is an important work on alchemy, based on an original text by Tao Zhi, a Daoist priest of the ninth century. Shown here is a Ming edition of the Jiajing period (1522-66), in one juan, one volume, annotated by Shao Fu, a native of Wulin. Shao Fu was also referred to as Qiwan in one of his other works, Jingyang han shi ji (Stone inscriptions of Jingyang). He studied Daoist theory, and his commentaries reflect his knowledge on the subject. The original work by Tao Zhi had three essays, including one entitled Dao zang (Daoist canon). Chinese alchemy, a part of the larger tradition of Daoism, centers on the practice of nurturing the body-spirit connection. Besides focusing on the purification of the spirit and the body, the practitioners believed in summoning benevolent spirits and expelling demons. They hoped to gain immortality through Qi practices (movement of vital forces) or use of various alchemical elixirs. The work includes two prefaces, one by Tao Zhi, the original author, and the other by Shao Fu, the annotator. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Tao, Zhi
  • Shao, Fu, zhu
  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [China : s.n., Ming Jiajing 25 nian, 1546]

Notes

  • -  In case.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  八行十八字 小字雙行同字. Eight lines, with eighteen characters per line; small characters in paired lines of eighteen characters per line.
  • -  宋陶埴撰。卷內題:「三一居士邵輔註。」輔武林人，八千卷樓書目載輔撰旌陽函石記一卷。是書自序署稱「歲畹」，則在嘉靖好道時，輔以「戚畹」治此學，然讀其註解，尚屬通達。又陶公原書凡三篇載藏「如上」，惟書題「術」作「述」。邵輔(序)嘉靖二十五年 (1546)，陶埴(序).
  • -  明嘉靖間刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print, ca. 1546-1566.

Medium

  • 1 v.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012402098

Online Format

  • image

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Tao, Zhi, Fu Shao, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Tao Gong Huan Jin Shu: Yi Juan. [China: s.n., Ming Jiajing 25 nian, 1546] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012402098/.

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Tao, Z., Shao, F. & Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1546) Tao Gong Huan Jin Shu: Yi Juan. [China: s.n., Ming Jiajing 25 nian] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012402098/.

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Tao, Zhi, Fu Shao, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Tao Gong Huan Jin Shu: Yi Juan. [China: s.n., Ming Jiajing 25 nian, 1546] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012402098/>.