Zuowanglun
| Zuowanglun | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 坐忘論 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 坐忘论 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | sitting forgetting discussion | ||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zuòwànglùn |
| Wade–Giles | Tso-wang lun |
The Zuowanglun or Zuowang lun is a Daoist meditation text that was written by the Shangqing School patriarch Sima Chengzhen (647–735). Daoism incorporated many Buddhist practices during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), and the Zuowanglun combined meditation techniques from Daoism (e.g., zuowang "sitting forgetting" and guan 觀 "observation") and Buddhism (samatha "calm abiding" and vipassanā "insight").
Sima Chengzhen (or Si-ma Ch'eng-chen) 司馬承禎 (647–735), also known as Daoyin 道隐 "Recluse of the Dao" and Baiyunzi 白雲子 "Master of the White Cloud", was a native of Henan. He was a descendent of the Jin Dynasty (265–420) imperial house, and his family included many high-ranking scholar-officials. Although Sima received a traditional education in the Confucian classics, he chose a career in Daoism, and was ordained by the Shangqing "Highest Clarity" School in 669. Sima was promoted to Shangqing Grand Master in 684, and became a favorite of the imperial court and aristocracy. Russell Kirkland (2008:911) describes Sima Chengzhen as "perhaps the most important [D]aoist of Tang times."
There are two received Zuowanglun editions and a stone inscription on Mount Wangwu.
The Zuowanglun text exists in two main editions. One is in Zhang Junfang's (1019) Yunji Qiqian 雲笈七籤 " Seven Cloudy Satchel" and Xu Song's (1819) Quan Tangwen 全唐文 "Complete Tang Literature". Another is in the (1444) Daozang "Daoist Canon" and (1796-1820) Daozang jiyao 道藏輯要 "Essentials of the Daoist Canon".
There are two prefaces with the text, one by the author Sima Chengzhen and another by the otherwise unknown recluse Zhenjing 真靜.
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