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Supplementary Daoist Canon of the Wanli Era万历续道藏

Also known as
Supplementary Daoist Canon
Author / transmission
Zhang Guoxiang
Period
Ming · In the thirty-fifth year of the Wanli reign of the Ming (1607), the fiftieth-generation Celestial Master Zhang Guoxiang continued the compilation by imperial edict; 180 scrolls in 32 cases, with Thousand Character Classic numbering from 'Du' to 'Jiang.'
Canon division
Supplementary Daoist Canon
Collected in
The Supplementary Daoist Canon of the Wanli Era (today printed together with the Zhengtong Daozang)
Category
Daozang Collections
Fascicles
180 juan, in 32 cases

Synopsis

The Supplementary Daoist Canon of the Wanli Era (Wanli xu Daozang) was compiled and printed by imperial edict in the thirty-fifth year of the Wanli reign of Emperor Shenzong of Ming (1607) by the fiftieth-generation Celestial Master Zhang Guoxiang, as a continuation of the Zhengtong Daozang, comprising 180 scrolls in 32 cases, its Thousand Character Classic numbering continuing on from the Zhengtong canon, from 'Du' to 'Jiang.' It mostly records works not included in the Zhengtong canon or newly composed in the Ming, such as the Soushen ji (in the 'Compendium of Deities from the Three Teachings' category) included in the supplementary canon, the Tianhuang zhidao taiqing yuce, the (expanded) Genealogy of the Han Celestial Masters, the Gazetteer of Patriarch Lü, the Xu Zhenjun yuxia ji, the Xuxian zhenlu, the Genealogy of the Immortals of the Qingwei Tradition, and a number of texts on Ming-dynasty ritual, internal alchemy, and local deities — more than fifty titles in all. Although far smaller in scale than the Zhengtong canon, because it includes new texts from the mid-to-late Ming, it is of great importance for the study of the actual practice of Ming Daoism, the activities of the Zhengyi Celestial Master's household, and the canonization of popular deity cults. Today's standard editions of the Daozang combine the Zhengtong canon and the supplementary canon; what scholars refer to as the 'Ming Daozang' means this combined body of 5,485 scrolls as a whole.

Key Ideas

  • Compiled as a continuation of the Zhengtong Daozang
  • 180 scrolls in 32 cases
  • Includes more than fifty newly composed Ming-dynasty works
  • Reflects the actual practice of Ming-dynasty Daoism
  • Today printed together with the Zhengtong canon as the 'Ming Daozang'

Structure

Continues the Thousand Character Classic numbering of the Zhengtong canon, from 'Du' to 'Jiang.'

Editions

  • Ming Wanli-era printed edition
  • Hanfenlou photolithographic reprint (printed together with the Zhengtong canon)
  • Various modern photolithographic reprints

Commentaries

  • Ren Jiyu's edited Descriptive Notes on the Daoist Canon
  • Schipper and Verellen's The Taoist Canon

Full Text & Online Resources

Related scriptures

Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era, Genealogy of the Han Celestial Masters, Gazetteer of Patriarch Lü, Genealogy of the Immortals of the Qingwei Tradition

Related figures

Zhang Guoxiang, Chen Guofu
References
  1. Chen Guofu, Studies on the Origins and Development of the Daoist Canon
  2. Schipper & Verellen, The Taoist Canon, 2004
  3. 任继愈主编《道藏提要》
  4. 维基百科「道藏」条