Zhengao
Zhengao ( Chinese 真 誥 / 真 诰 , W.-G. Chen-kao , English The Declarations of the Perfected - "The Declarations of the Perfect ( zhenren )"; also often incorrectly transcribed with Zhen'gao ) is a work of the Chinese Daoist Tao Hongjing Scholar and Doctor (456-536). It is a major work of Shangqing Daoism , believed to have been completed in 516. The work reports on the various circumstances of the revelation to the medium Yang Xi 楊 羲 (330 – approx. 386). The standard output of the Zhengao is that of ming -zeitlichen Daoist canon ( Zhengtong daozang : DZ 1016). It is also included in the Xuejin taoyuan 学 津 讨 源 collection.
literature
- Michel Strickmann: On the Alchemy of T'ao Hung-ching . In: Anna Seidel, Holmes Welch (Ed.): Facets of Taoism. Essays in Chinese Religion . Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 1979, ISBN 0-300-01695-6 .
- Michel Strickmann: The Mao Shan Revelations. Taoism and the Aristocracy . In: T'oung-pao . 63, 1977, ISSN 0082-5433 , pp. 1-64.