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Yunji qiqian 雲笈七籤 "The Seven Tablets in a Cloudy Satchel"


The Yunji qiqian 雲笈七籤 "Seven tablets in a cloudy satchel" is a Daoist encyclopedia written by Zhang Junfang 張君房 during the Northern Song period 北宋 (960-1126). Emperor Song Zhenzong 宋真宗 (r. 997-1022) ordered the compilation of a Daoist canon, the result of which was the Da-Song tiangong baozang 大宋天宮寳藏 with a length of 4,565 juan "scrolls", compiled by Qi Lun 戚綸. The Yunji qiqian is a kind of extract of this canon. It was finished in 1019 and comprises 122 juan. It quotes more than 700 Daoist writings. The Yunji qiqian is divided into 36 parts The Yunji qiqian contains a lot of sources long since lost and is therfore a very helpful treasure of Daoist texts of all types and all Daoist traditions. It is included in the Daoist canon from the Ming period, the Zhengtong daozang 正統道藏, and the collectaneum Hanfenlou congshu 函芬樓叢書. In 1989 the Language department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 中國社會科院語言所 and the Qi-Lu press 齊魯書社 published a modern edition.

Source: Zhao Hankun 趙含坤 (2005). Zhongguo leishu 中國類書, pp. 85-86. Shijiazhuang: Hebei renmin chubanshe.

Contents
1. 道德部 Daode
2. 混元、混洞、開闢、劫運部 Hunyuan, hundong, kaipi, queyun
3. 道教本始部 Daojiao benshi
4. 道教經法傳授部 Daojiao jingfa chuanshou
5. 經教相承部 Jingjiao xiangcheng
6. 三洞經教部1-15 Sandong jingjiao
7. 天地部1-2 Tiandi
8. 日月星辰部1-3 Riyue xingchen
9. 十洲三島部 Shizhou sandao
10. 洞天福地部 Dongtian fudi
11. 二十八治部 Ershiba zhi
12. 稟生受命部1-3 Linsheng shouming
13. 雜修攝部1-5 Zaxiushe
14. 齋戒部 Zhaijie
15. 說戒部1-3 Shuojie
16. 雜法部 Zafa
17. 存思部1-3 Cunsi
18. 秘要訣法部1-7 Biyao juefa
19. 雜要圖訣法部 Za yaotu juefa
20. 雜秘要訣法部 Za biyao juefa
21. 魂神部1-2 Hunshen
22. 諸家氣法部1-8 Zhujia qifa
23. 金丹部1-6 Jindan
24. 內丹部1-4方藥部1-5 Neidan. Fangyao
25. 符圖部1-2 Futu
26. 庚申部1-3 Gengshen
27. 屍解部1-3 Shijie
28. 諸真要略部 Zhuzhen yaolüe
29. 仙籍旨訣部 Xianji zhijue
30. 諸真語論部 Zhuzhen yulun
31. 七部語要部 Qibu yuyao
32. 七部名數要記部 Qibu mingshu yaoji
33. 仙籍語論要記部1-4 Xianji yulun yaoji
34. 贊頌部1-4 Zansong
35. 紀傳部1-17 Jizhuan
36. 道教靈驗記部1-6 Daojiao lingyan ji
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