Gazetteer of Mount Qingcheng青城山志

Also known as

Record of Mount Qingcheng (Qingcheng Shan Ji)

Author / transmission

Peng Xun (Qing, Record of Mount Qingcheng), Several further gazetteers compiled in the modern era

Period

Qing–Modern era · Peng Xun compiled the two-juan Qingchengshan ji during the Guangxu reign of the Qing; several further compilations of the Qingchengshan zhi were made in the Republican era and in contemporary times, at various dates.

Canon division

Outside the canon (local gazetteer)

Collected in

Outside the Canon.

Category

Mountain Gazetteers

Fascicles

Record of Mount Qingcheng, 2 juan; surviving editions vary in juan count

Synopsis

Mount Qingcheng, in Dujiangyan, Sichuan, is the fifth of the Ten Great Grotto-Heavens, the Heaven of Nine Chambers of Precious Immortals. Tradition holds that Zhang Daoling established a parish and preached there in the Eastern Han (Mount Heming and Mount Qingcheng were both core areas of the early Celestial Masters); temples such as Tianshi Cave (Changdao Temple), Jianfu Palace, Shangqing Palace and the Ancestral Master Hall stand connected across the mountain, which has long enjoyed the reputation 'Mount Qingcheng, most secluded under heaven.' Among the historical gazetteers, the two-juan Qingchengshan ji by Peng Xun of the Guangxu reign of the Qing records the mountains and rivers, temples, biographies, epigraphy and literature, and is a relatively early systematic work of the modern period; several further compilations of the Qingchengshan zhi were made in the Republican era and in contemporary times, with richer material still. The gazetteer's records of successive steles at Tianshi Cave (such as the stele of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's handwritten edict), temple estates, and the transmission of Daoist lineages (predominantly the Bidong Branch of the Longmen Lineage of Quanzhen since the Ming and Qing) are basic material for the study of the history of Daoism in Sichuan. Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, and the mountain gazetteers have become important evidence in establishing its cultural value.

Key Ideas

• Fifth of the Ten Great Grotto-Heavens, the Heaven of Nine Chambers of Precious Immortals
• A core area of the early Celestial Masters
• Temples such as Tianshi Cave, Jianfu Palace and Shangqing Palace
• Transmission of the Bidong Branch of the Longmen Lineage of Quanzhen
• Documentary basis for its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Structure

Divided into sections on mountains and rivers, temples, biographies, epigraphy and literature.

Editions

• Peng Xun's Qingchengshan ji (Guangxu reign, Qing)
• Several Republican- and contemporary-era editions of the Qingchengshan zhi
• Facsimile edition in the Zhongguo Daojiao Mingshan Zhi Congkan

Full Text & Online Resources

• CTEXT search
• Wikipedia: Mount Qingcheng

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