List of Lingbao Texts
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This is a list of all works contained in the Lingbao Canon as listed by Lu Xiujing in his catalogue of 437 CE.[1]
| Number | Index[2] | English Title | Pinyin Title
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| 1 | 22 | Perfected Script in Five Tablets | Wupian zhenwen | |
| 2 | 352 | Jade Instructions Scripture of the Revolution of Great Kalpas Scripture of the Revolution of Lesser Kalpas |
Yujue Yundu daqie jing Yundu xiaoqie jing |
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| 3 | Numinous Stanzas of the Void Caverns | Kongdong lingzhang | ||
| 4 | 1439 | Stanzas on Ascending to Mystery and Pacing the Void | Shengxuan buxu zhang | |
| 5 | 318 | Stanzas of the Life-giving Spirits of the Nine Heavens | Jiutian shengshen zhangjing | |
| 6 | 671 | Text of the Self-generating Five Talismans of Correspondence | Ziran wucheng wen | |
| 7 | 97 | Inner Sounds and Jade Graphs of the Heavens | Zhutian neiyin yuzi | |
| 8 | 457 | Great Precepts of the Upper Chapters on the Roots of Sin | Zuigen shangpin dajie | |
| 9 | 177 | Great Precepts of Wisdom from the Upper Chapters | Zhihui shangpin dajie | |
| 10 (lost) | Bamboo Slips on the Golden Registers of the Higher Prime | Shangyuan jinlu jianwen | ||
| 11 | 1411 | Code of the Luminous Perfected | Mingzhen ke | |
| 12 | 177 | Scripture on Wisdom and Fixing the Will | Zhihui dingzhi jing
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| 13 | Upper Chapters on the Basic Endeavor | Benye shangpin | ||
| 14 | 346 | Blame and Blessings of the Wheel of the Law | Falun zuifu | |
| 15 | 1 | Scripture of Upper Chapters on Limitless Salvation | Wuliang duren shangpin[3] | |
| 16 | 23 | Salvation as Recorded by the Spirits of the Various Heavens | Zhutian lingshu duming | |
| 17 | 369 | Scripture on Salvation through Extinction and the Fivefold Refinement | Miedu wulian jing | |
| 18 | 456 | Precepts of the Chapters of the Three Primes | Sanyuan pinjie | |
| 19 | 1407 | Charts of the Twenty-four Life-givers) | Ershisi shengtu | |
| 20 | 388 | Preface to the Five Talismans of Lingbao[4] | Lingbao wufu xu [5] | |
| 21 | 425 | Concealed Commentary and Treasured Instructions of the Supreme Ultimate | Taiji yinzhu baojue | |
| 22 | 330 | Essential Explanations of the Perfected Script | Zhenwen yaojue | |
| 23 | Explanations of the Self-generating Scripture of Perfect Unity | Zhenyi ziran jingjue | ||
| 24 | 532 | Instructions on Retreats and the Dignified Liturgies | Fuzhai weiyi jue | |
| 25 | 344 | Upper Chapters on the Original Vows and Great Precepts of Devil-destroying Wisdom | Xiaomo zhihui benyuan dajie shangpin | |
| 26 | 1114 | The Questions of the Transcendent Duke | Xiangong qingwen | |
| 27 | 1115 | Trials of the Sages | Zhusheng nan | |
| 28 (lost) | Esoteric Tradition of the Activities of the Divine Transcendents | Shenxian zhenqi neizhuan | ||
| 29 (lost) | Activities of the Transcendent Duke | Xiangong qiju jing |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bokenkamp, Stephen. "Lingbao," in Encyclopedia of Taoism, Fabrizio Pregadio, ed., (London: Routledge, 2007), 665.
- ^ The numbers here refer to the text number as catologued in Schipper's Concordance du Tao-tsang.
- ^ Translated by Stephen Bokenkamp in Early Daoist Scriptures, (Berkeley: University of California, 1997), 405-432.
- ^ Contained in this text is the Wufujing, the most importat Lingbao scripture.
- ^ Partially translated by Stephen Bokenkamp in "Death and Ascent in Ling-pao Taoism," Taoist Resources 1.2 (1989), 1-20.
