Daoist Texts. Ethical, political and speculative

 

By Frederic Henry Balfour. Distributor: Lulu. $19.99. 204 pages. Paperback UT. 2016 (1884).

 

Mr. F. H. Balfour, following his translation of the Zhuangzi (1880) continued his pioneering translations of Daoist documents by introducing that of ten fundamental works. We find here; the Daodejing 道德經 (The Principle of Nature and Its Attributes), the Yin Fu Jing 陰符經 (Clue to the Unseen), the Tai Xi Jing 胎息經 (Respiration of the Embryo), the Xin Yin Jing 心印經 (Imprint of the Heart), the Datong Jing 大通經 (Universal Understanding), the Chi Wen Dong 赤文洞 (The Red-Streaked Cave), the Qing Jing Jing 清靜經 (Purity and Rest), a chapter from the Huainanzi淮南子, the Su Shu 素書 (The Book of Plain Words), and sections of the Gan ying bian 感應編 (The Book of Recompenses)

This reedition includes the update of 222 transliterated Chinese terms into modern pinyin.

 

Contents

 

  • Forward by Eric Serejski
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Daodejing 道德經 (The Principle of Nature and Its Attributes).
  • The Yin Fu Jing 陰符經 (Clue to the Unseen)
  • The Tai Xi Jing 胎息經 (Respiration of the Embryo)
  • The Xin Yin Jing 心印經 (Imprint of the Heart)
  • The Datong Jing 大通經 (Universal Understanding)
  • The Chi Wen Dong 赤文洞 (The Red-Streaked Cave)
  • The Qing Jing Jing 清靜經 (Purity and Rest)
  • A Chapter from the Hong Lie Zhuan 鴻烈傳第一段, by Huainanzi, Prince of Guanglin (History of Great Light)
  • The Su Shu 素書 (The Book of Plain Words)
  • The Gan ying bian 感應編 (The Book of Recompenses)
    • [Wu Ta-tso, from Huizhou]
    • [Ching Yung-pao, from Chieh-hsin]
    • [Cheng Ts’ing-chi, from Yue]
    • [Wu, from Yangzhou]
  • [Biography]