Sorry For Being Late!

Hi fellows! Good evening! Sorry for being late to post my blog tonight. I totally forget this blog thing until 10 minutes early. I have a super busy week coming and I will have four big mid-term exams in three days! Hope I will get luck and survive under all those exams. Anyway, since I still in the middle of translate Tao Zan Jing Hua, I will post 3 more articles about it and hope you enjoy my translations! ^^

6. 046 復命篇一卷 宋薛式撰清董德寧注 道藏精華錄本

The summary said: 紫賢真人薛氏道光wrote this book. The first part of this book is sixteen five characters poetries, and these poems represent the weight of 1 gram. The second part of the book is thirty seven characters poems, and these poems represent the biggest merit of 30 days. Then he added nine poems called Xi Jiang Yue to represent the spell of nine turns. It contains the smartest method about how to indefinite herbs, how to live and die among five elements, the relationship between host and guests, the operation of punishment  and reward, the way of delete and add things, and control fire and weight. People who really understand this book will easily find the true order about live and death!

3． 091龍門秘旨一卷清高仁峒編輯 光緒二十八年上海異化善堂刊本 精華題[玄宗正旨]之一

Xiao said: the book of 北派龍門秘旨, is published by Yi Hua Shan Tang from Shanghai. The seven chapters’ book is about Dan Jing and it is secretly inherited from 邱長春祖師.  鶴山人鄭觀應 from Qing Dynasty thought that Xiao Zhou Tian Huo Hou Kou Jue is the best part of these seven chapters. The Xiao Zhou Tian Huo Hou Kou Jue have serious consideration on every words and it goes straight to the truth of our universe. And the rest six chapters have suspicious that is not created by 邱祖. But it still contains some secrets formulas is rare in this world. People from 宗北派consider this book as a big treasure. 

4. 092道門語要一卷 清黃裳撰 排印本 精華題[玄宗正旨]之一

Xiao said: 道門語要, is published by Zhen De company form Hong Kong. It is also a very important teaching material of Taoism for Huang Yuan Ji. Compared with Le Yu Tang Yu Lu, this book is more accurate and briefness. This is a very precious book which has the truth spirits among Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Yuan Ji use Confucianism to explain Taoism, and have high reputation not only among Taoist scholars, but scholars among whole academia. His study doesn't limit in Taoism, and his research also uses Taoism as the body, use Confucianism as the soul and use Buddhism as the aid.  This is why Yuan Ji is the example for people who try to practice Taoism. 

Wish Me Good Luck For All My Mid-Terms!

Fragment!

Greetings! My friends! In the last couples of weeks, We have been talked about several backgrounds and fun facts about Xiao Tianshi and his Taoism. After told you guys all I have known about Taoism, I started to wonder what else could I possibly share with you guys. Finally, I came up with a new idea! I decide to show you some of my translations of Tao Zang Jing Hua.

I have already translated several fragments from the original copy of Tao Zang Jing Hua, and it do help me to understand what Xiao Tianshi want us to get from Taoist books and I hope you guys will find out the same thing as I do.

Today I am gonna show you guys my first translation. It is basically a index of one article in Tao Zang Jing Hua. Hope you like it! ^0^

The summary said: Bo Yang from Han and Wei Dynasty wrote this book first. Then people add Hou Han Yi Wen Zhi into this book later. Hou Tang Shu Jing Ji Zhi and Song Shi Yi Wen Zhi all have recorded this book in their books. Xu Li Chun from Qing Dynasty wrote this in preface of his book: Thousands and hundreds of scrolls of Dan Jing, all come from the same resource. And people come from thousands and hundreds factions of Taoist, all believe this book is the origin. The words from this book are esoteric, inclusive and contain both big secrets and small secrets. When people use words to explain this book, words are changing from ying to yan, and the whole universe are giving breed at the same time. People use words to explain this book, words act like fire baking drugs, and they take care of everything in our life. This book is truly contain all the secrets from Confucianism and Taoism. It is the directly order from gods. 

This book is useless if you try to govern a country, but it is a treasure if you try to cultivate yourself. This book will last forever like other Jing Shu from Confucianism. Sometime the world forgets this book, and people always think they find out the truth when they only understand the surface of the book. This is a big mistake! 

Great Confucian Zhu Zi uses all his entire life research and translates this book and called this book as Yi Zhong Xian Tian Zhi Xue. He once had said: Shao Zi get this book from nonentity and nonentity is from Zi Can Tong Qi. He also had said: I can see countless truth from this book, but I have no idea what should I write down. 

Once upon a time, Zhu Zi arranged a seminar with Mr.Cai from South Mountain, and they couldn’t go to sleep and continuously discuss their research about the book until sunrise. The book contains countless value that we cannot image! Among all the researcher of this book, Yu Tan, Zhu Yun Yang and Yuan Zhen from Si Feng Shan had the best understanding of this book. Yuan Zhen built his research on each chapters and find justice from the whole book. People who have true-fire inside their body all understand this book perfectly and find out all secrets of the world. After they find out the truth, they will look like suns and stars upon the sky. If reader have enough patience to research this book for a very long time, one day you will see the truth behind this book and you will rise as a god, knowing all the secrets of our lives.

The Background Of Tao Zang Jing Hua

Good evening everyone and it is my pleasure to talk with you again! Today I decide to discuss a little bit about the background of Tao Zang Jing Hua and why Xiao Tianshi decide to public this series of books.

Tai Ji Dan Jing

Based on the study of Taoist books, “Dan Jing” (丹經) is a treasure of each unique Taoist faction, needs permission from its owed master in each Taoist faction to be able to read and see. It is also known as “Only immortals are able to see”(不是神仙不許看). Although these books have great significant in Taoist history study, Taoist scholars still do not want to share these books with public because they believe these books contain big secrets and it is only readable for Taoists. Also because of the difficult of copy books in ancient China, it is so hard to keep a complete version of “Dan Jing” for a very long time.

Back in 1950 when Xiao Tianshi started to edit “Tao Zang Jing Hua,” one of his original purposes is to share these sealed treasures to public and prevent the loss of these priceless books. Xiao Tianshi had said: “Our Taoist books are unique treasures even around the world’s academia. These books have the power to correct people’s behavior for many generations.In order to keep these treasures complete and alive, I start to collect all those "Dan Jing"I will find all those unique treasures and begin editing and publishing and name these books “Tao Zang Jin Hua.”

Complete Version Of Tao Zang Jing Hua

There is also another special reason why Xiao Tianshi published so many unique and secret “Dan Jing.” Because the Nationalist lost the war in 1949, lots of Taoist scholars brought their unique collections of “Dan Jing” with them from mainland China to Taiwan. And most of these scholars have very strong relationship with Xiao Tianshi. Xiao Tianshi borrowed those collections and edit them all in “Tao Zang Jin Hua.” Like “Ma Bing Wen” from Jiang xi provided his hand sheets of “Tai Ji Chong Xuan Zhi Dao Xin De” to Xiao Tianshi and Xiao Tianshi edit the unique hand sheets into his “Tao Zang Jing Hua”.

After the publishing of “Tao Zan Jing Hua,” influence and acknowledge of “Dan Jing” spread enormously among Taiwan and start to get rid of its own mystique and religious. “Tao Zan Jing Hua” become a special intermediary connects Taoism with normal people. And thank Xiao Tianshi for all he remarkable work he did to Taoism！See you guys next weekend!

How to read "Tao Zang Jin Hua?"

Today is another Sunday night, and I am glad to meet to guys tonight once again! First of all, wish you all have a great Fall break this weekend! Although it is is a little bit chill, it is still not a bad idea to go outdoor and enjoy the sunshine before the crazy cold winter comes.

Tonight I wanna tell you guys a little bit about how should we read about "Tang Zang Jin Hua", the book edited by Xiao Tianshi during 1960s to 1980s. 

Back to 1980s, when Xiao Tianshi was publishing the series of "Tao Zang Jin Hua," he started to figure out the tiny difference between Western philosophers and Eastern philosophers.He thought use “Min Qi Jin Yan” to experience the main theory of Taoism, is the only way to truly understand the essence of Taoist books.

「大道常存文字外，真詮不在語言中。」

─《禪宗心法》〈禪宗要道入門〉

「學知超聖重為病，解悟通神亦是邪。

能超聖見方無累，盡捨名言使近真。」

─蕭天石《道德經聖解》第十九

“Western philosophers believe that knowledge is knowledge, truth is truth. Eastern philosophers believe that although knowledge is knowledge, truth is truth, but sometime knowledge is not knowledge, truth is not truth.”

“Western philosophers focus on logic and method. Eastern philosophers focus on intuition and realization. Eastern philosophers believe in the communication between souls and bodys. They also believe that is the highest level of Taoism. It is also well-known as “道不可道，名不可名。” The highest level of Buddhism is known as “不可說，不可說。” The Only way to find out the truth of those philosophies is use personal realization. It is also called the mysterious experience of hearts, the mysterious experiencer. ”

According to Xiao Tianshi's index of “Tao Zang Jin Hua,” only if people are still trying to practice and develop Taoist, that Taoism can survive and develop continuously. And this is also the goal of Xiao Tianshi’s work. The publishing of “Tao Zang Jin Hua” saves Taoism and lights the path for coming Taoist people.

Hope you will understand maybe a little bit more about how to study Taoist after reading this blog. ^^ Enjoy your great Fall break and see you next week!