Anthology of Panxi (Qiu Chuji)磻溪集

Also known as

Changchunzi Panxi Ji (Master Changchun's Anthology of Panxi)

Author / transmission

Qiu Chuji

Period

Jin · A collection of Qiu Chuji's poems and lyrics, completed at the end of the Jin (around the early 13th century), named for the six years he spent cultivating the Dao at Panxi.

Canon division

Taiping Section

Collected in

Zhengtong Daozang, Taiping Section.

Category

Alchemical Texts

Fascicles

Six fascicles

Synopsis

The Panxi ji (Anthology of Panxi) is a collection of poetry and lyrics by Qiu Chuji (styled Changchunzi), in six juan, containing over five hundred poems, lyrics and eulogies from his ascetic practice at Panxi in Shaanxi and Longmen through his proselytizing in Shandong and up to before his summoned journey west. The works chant of cultivating perfection and awakening to the Dao, and exhort and save the world, while also recording his interactions with the Jin court and with scholar-officials — as in his self-description of ascetic practice, 'no smoke or fire at all, several years at Longmen' — in a clear and forceful style. Prefaces by Yuan Haowen and Zhao Bingwen of the Jin, among others, precede the work, showing Qiu Chuji's reputation among the literati of the Jin. This anthology complements the Changchun zhenren xiyou ji (recorded by Li Zhichang), and is a firsthand historical source for the study of Qiu Chuji's thought and the development of Quanzhen Daoism at the end of the Jin.

Key Ideas

• A self-account of ascetic practice at Panxi and Longmen
• Exhorting and saving the world through poetry and lyrics
• Interactions between Quanzhen Daoism and Jin-dynasty literati

Structure

Six juan, classified by genre.

Editions

• Zhengtong Daozang edition
• Zhao Weidong (ed.), Qiu Chuji ji (Qilu Books, 2005)

Full Text & Online Resources

• Wikipedia: Qiu Chuji
• CTEXT search

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