Pure Rules of Complete Perfection全真清规
- Also known as
- Pure Rules of Complete Perfection (Lu Daohe)
- Period
- Yuan · Compiled by Lu Daohe, likely completed in the mid-to-late Yuan dynasty (14th century).
- Canon division
- Zhengyi Section
- Collected in
- Zhengtong Daozang, Zhengyi Section
- Category
- Precepts and Rules
- Fascicles
- One Fascicle (Juan)
Synopsis
The Quanzhen Qinggui (Pure Rules of Complete Perfection) is a one-fascicle compilation of Quanzhen monastic regulations compiled by Lu Daohe in the Yuan dynasty, the earliest surviving text of the "pure rules" (qinggui) genre in Daoism. Its contents include a primer of regulations for the newly ordained, the order of the tonsure ceremony, rules for itinerant practice and seeking instruction, regulations for sitting in the alms-bowl hall (zuobo), rewards and punishments within the bowl chamber, the "three occasions when one need not rise," a roster of duty officers under the Quanzhen hall, a board of penalties in the name of the patriarch Emperor Chongyang, a board of regulations of the Perfected Changchun, and Liaozhenzi's text on ascending the hall — setting out specific rules for ordination, itinerant wandering, lodging at a monastery, sitting in the alms-bowl hall (collective quiet cultivation), the division of duty offices, and disciplinary punishment for violations, modeled on the Chan Buddhist Baizhang Qinggui (Pure Rules of Baizhang). This work reflects the public-monastery (shifang conglin) system that took shape during the era of the great Quanzhen congregations under the Yuan; its rules on sitting in the alms-bowl hall, duty offices, and penalty boards directly influenced the management of Quanzhen temples in the Ming and Qing (such as the Qinggui Xuanmiao), and it is a fundamental historical source for the study of Quanzhen monastic organization and precepts.
Key Ideas
- The earliest text of Quanzhen monastic regulations
- Rules on the tonsure ceremony, itinerant practice, sitting in the alms-bowl hall, and duty offices
- The penalty board in the name of Chongyang and the regulation board of Changchun
- Congregational management modeled on the Chan monastic pure rules
Structure
One fascicle, divided into a number of regulations and posted notices.
Editions
- Zhengtong Daozang edition
- Zhonghua Daozang, vol. 42
Translations
- Studied in Vincent Goossaert, La création du taïsme moderne (1997)
Full Text & Online Resources
Related scriptures
Fifteen Discourses of Wang Chongyang on Establishing the Teaching, Precepts of Initial Perfection, Recorded Sayings of the Perfected Qinghe (Yin Zhiping) on the Northern JourneyRelated figures
Qiu Chuji, Wang Chongyang- Vincent Goossaert, La création du taoïsme moderne: L'ordre Quanzhen, 1997
- 任继愈主编《道藏提要》