{"product_id":"daoist-cultivation-book-21-xing-ming-gu-299-zh-464-touchstone-of-xing-and-ming-a-daoist-inner-alchemy-classic-yuan-collection-translation-an-9798266420670","title":"Daoist Cultivation, Book 21: Xìng Mìng Gu\u0026#299;zh\u0026#464; Touchstone of Xìng and Mìng: A Daoist Inner Alchemy Classic - Yuán Collection - Translation an","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vitaly Filbert\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: I Ching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of Daoist inner alchemy, X�ng M�ng Guīzhǐ-full title 《性命雙修萬神圭旨》-sets out a clear, authoritative standard (\"Touchstone\") for the dual cultivation of X�ng and M�ng. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eX�ng M�ng Guīzhǐ is arranged in four parts named after the four virtues of the Qi�n hexagram (元亨利貞): \u003cbr\u003eYu�n Collection (元集 Original \/ Prime) - Book 21\u003cbr\u003eHēng Collection (亨集 Flourishing \/ Pervasive) - Book 22\u003cbr\u003eL� Collection (利集 Beneficial \/ Advantageous) - Book 23\u003cbr\u003eZhēn Collection (貞集 Correct \/ Constant \/ Persevering) - Book 24 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume presents the complete translation of the Yuan (Original\/Prime) Collection, the foundation of the work's fourfold sequence (元-Yuan, 亨-Heng, 利-Li, 貞-Zhen). It includes the classic diagrams and programmatic chapters that made the text central to Daoist internal alchemy while harmonizing Confucian ethics and Buddhist mind-training. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour historical front texts: Preface to the Essential Principles of X�ng and M�ng (two versions), On the Occasion of Carving the Essential Principles, Inscription for Perfected Yǐn's Complete Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Yuan Collection in full, featuring: Diagram of Universal Illumination, Turning the Light Around, Timed Illumination, Inner Illumination, T�ij� Elaboration, Center Diagram, etc-plus chapters such as Nine-Turn Refining of the Heart, Fire-Dragon \u0026amp; Water-Tiger, Sun-Crow \u0026amp; Moon-Rabbit, Five Q� Paying Court to the Origin, Returning the Eight Consciousnesses to the Origin, On Ascending in Flight, and more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow this edition reads\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTechnical key terms are kept in pīnyīn (e.g., X�ng, M�ng, Kǎn, L�, dānti�n, Niw�n, Guānyu�n) with first-mention glosses-preserving doctrinal precision without flattening meanings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe translation highlights the text's unity of the Three Teachings: Confucian d�\/x�ng (virtue\/conduct) as the furnace, Daoist Lead-Mercury \/ Dragon-Tiger method and cosmology (T�ij�, Five Phases, Heavenly Stems), and Buddhist Eight Consciousnesses \/ ālaya-vij�āna as a psychology of release. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiagrams are treated as practical maps that show where to begin (front and rear Three Passes, R�n and Dū vessels, timing of q�), while doctrinal chapters braid cosmology, physiology, and soteriology into one line of work ruled by the Center (Yellow Court). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePractitioners of neidan\/Daoist meditation, students of Chinese religion and philosophy, Chan\/Zen readers curious about alchemical counterparts, and anyone seeking a rigorous, jargon-clear doorway into the classic project of reuniting X�ng and M�ng.\u003cbr\u003eBottom line: The Yuan Collection gives you the compass. Fewer extremes, more constancy; less chasing of phenomena, more fidelity to the Middle-the Touchstone by which all later work in the series is measured.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46332732407959,"sku":"9798266420670","price":2066.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798266420670.webp?v=1768667605","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/daoist-cultivation-book-21-xing-ming-gu-299-zh-464-touchstone-of-xing-and-ming-a-daoist-inner-alchemy-classic-yuan-collection-translation-an-9798266420670","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}