Supplement to Cosmos and Community
by Livia Kohn
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The texts are arranged in five groups:
- Materials pertaining to the early communities of the Celestial Masters, 3rd to 6th centuries.
- Works addressed mainly to lay followers, linked with the major medieval schools and dating from the 5th and 6th centuries.
- Guidelines for medieval monastic organization and behavior, from the 7th and 8th centuries.
- Variant lists of rules in texts from the middle ages through the Ming dynasty, largely connected with ritual instructions.
- Complete Perfection texts that specify the modern ways of the monk together with detailed prescriptions of conduct and instructions on mental attitudes.
In each case, the text is introduced with a note on editions and scholarly discussions as well as a brief description of its content and main points of importance. With the exception of four texts, all materials are translated here for the first time. They are important for a more subtle understanding of the complexity of the communal organization and ethical thinking of the Daoist tradition, but they have not occupied the same level of influence and centrality as the texts translated in the main publication, Cosmos and Community.
Table of Contents
PART 1 |
EARLY COMMUNITIES: THE CELESTIAL MASTERS | 1 |
01. |
Precepts of the "Xianger Commentary" to the Laozi (Laozi xianger zhu) | |
02. |
22 Rules from the "Demon Statutes of Nüqing" (Nüqing guilü 3.1a-3b) | |
03. |
Precepts and Rules Taught by the Celestial Master (Tianshi jiao jieke jing) | |
04. |
The Five Precepts of Orthodox Unity (Zhengyi wujie) | |
05. |
Statutes of Mystery Metropolis (Xuandu lüwen) | |
PART 2 |
LAY ORGANIZATIONS: MAJOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER LINEAGES | 52 |
06. |
Book of the Master Who Embraces Simplicity" (Baopuzi neipian 6.5a-7b) | |
07. |
Precepts Against the Roots of Sin (Zuigen pinjie, j. 1) | |
08. |
Scripture of Controlling Karma and Basic Conduct (Benxing jieye) | |
09. |
Twelve Highest Precepts of Admonition (Shier shangpin quanjie) | |
10. |
The Twenty-four Precepts for Follers by the Perfected of Great Ultimate (Taiji zhenren shuo ershisi menjie jing) |
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11. |
Immortals’ Taboos According to the Purple Texts Inscribed by the Spirits (Lingshu ziwen xianji) | |
12. |
Scripture of Ascension to the Mystery (Shengxuan jing, chs. 3, 7) | |
13. |
Scripture of the Eight Emperors (Badi jing) | |
PART 3 |
MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS: INJUNCTIONS FOR DAILY BEHAVIOR | 112 |
14. |
Rules and Precepts Regarding Ritual Vestments (Fafu kejie wen) | |
15. |
Prohibitions and Precepts on Ceremonial Food (Fashi jinjie jing) | |
16. |
Dao-Rules for Compassionate Assistance (Ciji daoke) | |
PART 4 |
TANG-MING: LISTS OF FIVE, NINE AND TEN PRECEPTS | 134 |
17. |
Lists from
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PART 5 |
MODERN MONASTICS: RULES OF COMPLETE PERFECTION | 151 |
18. |
Chongyang’s Fifteen Articles on Establishing the Teaching (Lijiao shiwu lun) | |
19. |
Precepts of Medium Ultimate (Zhongji jie) | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 176 |