Handbooks for Daoist Practice: Volume III Hardcover – January 31, 2023

A revised edition of the classic series of bilingual Chinese-English translations of nine important, representative, and practice-oriented Daoist texts.Originally published in 2003 under the imprint of Wandering Cloud Press 遊雲書社and subsequently in 2008 by the Yuen Yuen Institute 圓玄學院, Handbooks for Daoist Practice 修道手冊 (HDP) is a series of bilingual Chinese-English translations of nine important, representative, and practice-oriented Daoist texts. The collection consists of nine individual “Handbooks,” which is the translation series proper, and an introduction that discusses the translations as a whole and serves as a comprehensive introduction to Daoist study-practice (xuéxíng 學行), with a particular focus on tradition-based Daoist scripture study (jīngxué 經學). The Nine Handbooks (jiǔcè 九冊) are as follows:1. Nèiyè 內業 (Inward Training; complete)2. Lǎozǐ 老子 (Book of Venerable Masters; selections)3. Huángdì sùwèn 黃帝素問 (Yellow Thearch’s Basic Questions; chs. 1-2)4. Qīngjìng jīng 清靜經 (Scripture on Clarity and Stillness; complete)5. Lǎojūn jīnglǜ 老君經律 (Scriptural Statutes of Lord Lao; 1a-2a)6. Nèi rìyòng jīng 內日用經 (Scripture for Internal Daily Application; complete)7. Yīnfú jīng 陰符經 (Scripture on the Hidden Talisman; complete)8. Chóngyáng shíwǔ lùn 重陽十五論 (Redoubled Yang’s Fifteen Discourses; complete)9. Tiānyǐnzǐ 天隱子 (Book of Master Celestial Seclusion; complete)This series is specifically intended to provide resources for Daoist adherents and Daoist communities to deepen their practice-realization. Each work has been selected for its relevance to self-cultivation. Each translation follows a standardized format, consisting of a historical and technical introduction and the bilingual translation with “facing-page” layout. This new three-volume Twentieth Anniversary Edition (TAE) is revised, updated, and expanded, including not only a new introduction and new layout, but also text-specific Daoist glossaries as well as various appendices to facilitate deeper engagement and fuller study-practice. Volume I includes the general introduction and Handbooks 1-3; volume II contains Handbooks 4-6; and volume III includes Handbooks 7-9 and the combined bibliography. Read more