Handbooks for Daoist Practice: Volume I 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