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Daoist Studies Glossary of Chinese Terms on Daoism / Taoism <b>Daoist</b> Studies PeopleEventsResourcesArticlesAARScholarsRegistrationLoginLogoutConferencesNoticesNew BooksBibliography of DaoismAcademic CoursesOnline DaozangPhD AbstractsLinks to Other ResourcesAmerican Daoist CultivationJournal of Daoist StudiesBook ReviewsShort History of DaoismResearch GuideDaoism or Taoism?Glossary of Chinese TermsAAR homepageAAR call for papersAAR mission Email Password New Users Register here Glossary of Daoist Studies TermsBelow is a glossary of common terms in Daoist studies, in bothpinyin and Wade-Giles romanization systems. To see the Chinesecharacters you need to use Microsoft Internet Explorer onMicrosoft Windows with a standard Unicode Chinese font. Pinyin Wade-Giles Chinese English bagua pa-kua 八卦 The eight trigrams; the basis of divination scheme in the Book of Changes beidou pei-tou 北斗 Lit. northern bushel; the constellation of the Big Dipper or Great Bear bianhua pien-hua 變化 Transformation; the underlying principle of change within the world bigu pi-ku 避轂 Abstention from grains; a Daoist longevity practice based on the notion that immortals live off the air and "soak up the dew" bugang pu-kang 步綱 Pacing the net; a Daoist ritual whose choreography is based on the Big Dipper chujia ch'u-chia 出家 Literally "leave home"; the process of becoming a Daoist monk dan tan 丹 Cinnabar; a mineral formed of Mercury Sulphide used in alchemy dantian tan-t'ien 丹田 Cinnabar field; one of three locations in the body used in the practice of inner alchemy dao tao 道 Lit. "way or speak"; the ultimate cosmic principle in Daoism daojia tao-chia 道家 Lit. "Dao-school"; a bibliographical classification used for proto-Daoist texts daojiao tao-chiao 道教 Lit. "Dao-tradition"; the Daoist religion daoshu tao-shu 道術 Daoist arts; energy practices that may bear only a tenuous connection with Daoist religion daotan tao-t'an 道壇 Daoist altar; often erected temporarily to perform a ritual and then disassembled daozang tao-tsang 道藏 Lit "Daoist treasury"; the Daoist Canon compiled in 1445 de te 德 Lit. "power, virtue"; what one obtains by attaining the Dao dong tung 洞 Cave, grotto dongtian tung-t'ien 洞天 Grotto-heavens; the network of caves connecting China's sacred mountains falun gong fa-lun kung 法論功 Lit. "Dharma-wheel skill"; the form of Qi cultivation practiced by Falu Dafa, banned in China fangshi fang-shih 方士 "Magico-technicians"; Han dynasty practioners of alchemy and immortality whose methods influenced the later flourishing of Daoism fuguang fu-kuang 服光 Absorb the light; a Daoist energy practice fuqi fu-ch'i 服氣 Absorb qi; a Daoist energy practice hun hun 魂 Heavenly soul; the soul that ascends to heaven and is venerated in the form of ancestral tablets hundun hun-tun 混沌 Chaos; the state of pregnant non-being from which everything arises, and to which Daoists aim to return jiao chiao 醮 Daoist ritual of renewal; the main ritual performed by Daoist priests today jiazi chia-tzu 甲子 The first year of the 60-year cycle jing ching 精 Essence; a form of qi manifested in sexual fluids jing ching 經 Scripture; warp of a piece of fabric Laozi Lao-tzu 老子 Old Master or Old Child; the traditional author of the Daode jing li li 禮 Ceremony, ritual lingbao ling-pao 靈寶 Numinous Treasure or Numinous Jewel; a classical Daoist religious movement lu lu 籙 Register; a listing of the names of spirits possessed by those initiated into the Way of the Celestial Masters ming ming 命 Fate, destiny, life; the physiological element of one's person in Complete Reality cultivation neidan nei-dan 內丹 Inner alchemy niwan ni-wan 泥丸 Mud-pill; the cinnabar field in the head po p'o 魄 Earthly soul; the yin soul that descends into the earth when the body is properly buried. qi ch'i 氣 Breath, vital energy, pneuma; life-force qigong ch'i-kung 氣功 Qi-skill; an energy practice that became popular in the 19th century qingjing ch'ing-ching 清净 Purity and stillness; the aims of meditation in the Way of Compete Perfection quanzhen ch'üan-chen 全真 Complete Perfection; Total Reality; the monastic Daoist movement founded by Wang Zhe shangqing shang-ch'ing 上清 Highest Clarity, Supreme Purity; the classical Daoist movement shen shen 神 Spirit; spirits; divine; the most refined form of qi taiji t'ai-chi 太極 Supreme Ridgepole; the centre of the heavens; Supreme Ultimate the foundational metaphysical principle taiji quan t'ai-chi ch'üan 太極拳 Supreme Ultimate Fist; Tai Chi taiqing t'ai-ching 太清 Great Clarity; a Daoist alchemical movement tianming t'ien-ming 天命 Mandate of Heaven, conferred upon the Emperor, giving him authority to rule tianshi t'ien-shih 天師 Celestial Master, Heavenly Teacher; a title bestowed upon Zhang Daoling and his descendants; the first Daoist religious community tianxia t'ien-hsia 天下 All under Heaven; the empire tong t'ung 通 Communicate; go through; used as a synonym for dong tui t'uei 推 Extend; the process of bringing things into correlation with each other waidan wai-tan 外丹 Lit. "outer alchemy"; laboratory or operative alchemy wang wang 王 King; the one who unifies the three realms of heaven, earth and humankind wuwei wu-wei 無為 Lit. "non-action"; actionless-action; non-assertive action; action as though non-action xianren hsien-jen 仙人 Immortal, transcendent being; sometimes translated in popular literature as "fairy" or "wizard" xin hsin 心 Heart, mind; the seat of the personality and the object of Confucian self-cultivation xing hsing 性 Inner nature; the psychological element of one's person in Complete Perfection cultivation yang yang 陽 Sunny; the complement of yin yin yin 陰 Shady; the complement of yang zhai chai 齋 Ritual of purification; a retreat or fast that was the main Numinous Treasure ritual, and became incorporated into the present-day jiao ritual zhengyi cheng-i 正一 Orthodox Unity; the branch of Daoism founded by the Celestial Master; one of two branches officially recognised in China today zhenren chen-jen 真人 Perfected person; a Daoist sage zhonghe chung-ho 中和 Central harmony; the ideal state attained in the Way of Great peace zhongmin chung-min 種民 Seed-people; the name given to those who would survive the impending apocalypse foretold in the southern Celestial Masters tradition ziran tzu-jan 自然 Self-so, spontaneous, natural; the basic principle that the Dao follows in its evolution; and the core value of Daoism This glossary is excerpted, with permission, from Daoism: A Short Introduction by James Miller (Oxford: Oneworld Publications: 2003  URL of this webpage: http://www.daoiststudies.org/glossary.php Last updated: July 24, 2007 09:08:31. ESTDesigned and edited by James Miller Department of Religious Studies Queen's University Kingston, ON Canada K7L3N6
 

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