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title: "Wuzhen Pian 紫陽真人悟真篇三註 – English Interpretation | Daozang"
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edition:
  - "Source: Kanripo (Kyoto University)"
  - "Daozang section: 洞真部"
  - "Kanripo ID: KR5a0143"
  - "Base edition (Kanripo): 正統道藏・涵芬樓版 (HFL)"
  - "Witness (Kanripo): 重刊道藏輯要 (CK-KZ)"
  - "Size: 4 volumes · 50,489 characters"
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# 《紫陽真人悟真篇三註》

Dongzhen 洞真部 · 4 volumes · 50,489 characters

## Introduction

### What this book is

《紫阳真人悟真篇三注》 (Ziyang Zhenren Wuzhen Pian Sanzhu, “Three Commentaries on the Wuzhen Pian by the Perfected One of Purple Yang”) is a Daoist inner alchemy text that brings together 《悟真篇》 and its commentaries, and is classified in the Dongzhen section. The attribution shown in this edition on this site names Zhang Boduan as author, with separate commentaries by Xue Daoguang, Lu Shu, and Chen Zhixu. The base text is from Kyoto University’s Kanripo Chinese Classics Repository.

### Authorship and date

《悟真篇》 is traditionally attributed to Zhang Boduan of the Northern Song; Zhang Boduan is thought to have lived around the eleventh century. Some details of his life and the dates of his writings remain unclear. The three commentaries in this book are separately attributed to Xue Daoguang, Lu Shu, and Chen Zhixu. The dates when the commentaries were compiled and printed cannot be determined from the attributions listed on this site and the opening of the text alone, and should not be inferred on that basis.

### Structure

The book has four volumes and approximately 50,489 characters. It opens with seven-character regulated verse, said in its title to comprise sixteen poems, accompanied by the three commentaries. In the extant excerpt, the commentators each explain the poems’ meaning. The content shown on this site is insufficient to verify the chapter titles and arrangement within each volume; readers can consult the book by the volume divisions on the page.

### Core ideas

The opening poems take human life’s brevity and the impermanence of fame and profit as their themes, urging readers not to pursue fame and profit alone, but to value the Great Way and cultivation. The commentaries discuss the difficulty of encountering a teacher, cultivating the Way, and attaining realization. They also use the accumulation of virtue and self-cultivation to explain that seeking the Way involves more than obtaining an oral formula or alchemical method. These themes reflect the cultivation and admonition common in inner alchemy classics. Technical terms and stages of cultivation should be understood in conjunction with the original text and commentaries; the opening excerpt should not be taken as the whole meaning of the book.

### How to read it on this site

This site presents the original text alongside a vernacular interpretation, paragraph by paragraph. The page allows readers to switch between traditional Chinese and foreign-language interpretations. Since the book is lengthy, reading it volume by volume makes it easier to compare the poems and commentaries. When encountering technical terms or differences among the commentators, readers can return to the original text in traditional Chinese.

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## About this edition

- **Source**: Kanripo (Kyoto University)
- **Daozang section**: 洞真部
- **Kanripo ID**: [`KR5a0143`](https://github.com/kanripo/KR5a0143)
- **Base edition (Kanripo)**: 正統道藏・涵芬樓版 (`HFL`)
- **Witness (Kanripo)**: 重刊道藏輯要 (`CK-KZ`)
- **Size**: 4 volumes · 50,489 characters

## Contents (4 volumes)

- [Vol. 1](https://daozang.app/en/text/KR5a0143/juan/1/index.md)
- [Vol. 2](https://daozang.app/en/text/KR5a0143/juan/2/index.md)
- [Vol. 3](https://daozang.app/en/text/KR5a0143/juan/3/index.md)
- [Vol. 4](https://daozang.app/en/text/KR5a0143/juan/4/index.md)

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原文底本：Kanripo 漢籍リポジトリ（京都大学），CC BY-SA 4.0。  
Source text: Kanripo Chinese Classics Repository (Kyoto University), CC BY-SA 4.0.  
HTML version: https://daozang.app/en/text/KR5a0143/