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{{chinese | pic = True Form Charts and the Daoist Visuality - Shih-Shan Susan Huang.jpg | picsize = 250px | piccap = The ''Chart of True Form of the Topography of the Most High Man-Bird Mountain'' (太上人鳥山真形圖). | t = 真形 / 眞形 | s = 真形 / 眞形 | p = zhēn xíng | w = | qn = Chân hình | chuhan = 真形 / 眞形 }} {{Taoism}} In [[Taoism]], the concept of a '''true form''' ({{Lang-zh|t=真形 / 眞形|p=Zhēn xíng}}) is a [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] [[philosophical theory|theory]] which posits that there are immutable essences of things — that is, images of the eternal [[Tao|Dao]] without form.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality">Steavu, Dominic, "Paratextuality, Materiality, and Corporeality in Medieval Chinese Religions", [https://online.ucpress.edu/jmw/article-pdf/1/4/11/382899/jmw_2019_1_4_11.pdf] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230720062511/https://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Steavu.Paratexts.Talismans.fu_.Diagrams.tu_.pdf Archive]).</ref><ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality">{{cite web|url= https://voices.uchicago.edu/vmpea/2011/04/23/may-5-susan-shih-shan-huang/|title= True Form Charts and the Daoist Visuality.|date=23 April 2011|accessdate=10 July 2023|author= Shih-Shan Susan Huang (黃士珊), Assistant Professor, Art History Department, [[Rice University]]|publisher= The Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia Workshop (VMPEA) - [[University of Chicago]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>Wilhelm, The I Ching or Book of Changes (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967), 323. Pregadio (“The Notion of Form”), 90–99 explains that the term qi 器, “literally meaning ‘vessel,’ and is used in this sentence as a synonym of wu [物], ‘thing’; it denotes any entity that exists in the world of form, distinguished from the Dao, which is above form.”</ref> This belief exists in Chinese Daoist traditions such as the [[Sanhuangjing|Three Sovereigns]] corpus, where they emphasise the capacity of [[Fulu|talismans]], charts, and diagrams to depict the both "true forms" and "[[True name (Taoism)|true names]]" (真名, ''Zhēn míng'') of demons and spirits.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> These talismanic representations are considered to be windows into the metaphysical substance of the entities whose "true form" and "true name" they depict.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> Since both the "true form" and the "true name" of an entity are two sides of the same coin, diagrams and talismans, could serve as apotropaic amulets or summoning devices for the deities the Taoists believed populated the cosmic mountains.<ref>[https://shihshansusanhuang.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5ba3f-2014_e9bb83e5a3abe78f8ae5afabe79c9fe5b1b1e4b98be5bda2_e69585e5aeaee5adb8e8a193e5ada3e5888a.pdf “Xie zhenshan zhixing: cong ‘Shanshuitu‘ ‘Shanshui hua‘ tan Daojiao shanshuiguan zhi shijue xingsu” 寫真山之形：從「山水圖」、「山水畫」談道教山水觀之視覺型塑] (Shaping the True Mountains: ‘Shanshui tu’,‘Shanshui hua’, and Visuality in Daoist Landscape), Gugong xueshu jikan (故宮學術季刊) - [[Palace Museum]] Research Quarterly 31.4 (2014): 121-204.</ref><ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> Taoists created charts (albums) depicting these "true forms" to help guide them safely through holy places during their [[pilgrimage]]s, later they created [[Taoist coin charm|talismans (charms)]] which displayed these true form charts. A talisman was more easily carried on the person and provided protection for seekers of the ''Dao'' as they journeyed into these mountainous areas. This concept should not be confused with the [[Confucianism|Confucian]] concept of a "[[True form (Confucianism)|true form]]" (深情, literally “feelings buried deep within”).<ref>[[Zhuang Zhou|ChuangTzu]] ch. 32; Watson, ''The Complete Works Of Chuang Tzu'', p. 358. Quote: [[Confucius]] said, “The mind of man is more perilous than mountains or rivers, harder to understand than Heaven. Heaven at least has its fixed times of spring and fall, winter and summer, daybreak and dusk. But man is thick-skinned and hides his true form (深情, ''Shēn qíng'') deep within…."</ref> == Concept == During the [[Medieval China|medieval period]] (中世紀) Taoists developed the idea of the "true form" or ''zhenxing''. The term "true form" denotes the original form something has as a part of the ''[[Tao|Dao]]'' (道, ''dào''), which Taoists refer to as the "Great Image without form" (大象無形),<ref>Daode jing 41. The Xici 繫辭 (Appended Statements) explains: “What is above form is called the Dao; what is below the form is called an object” (形而上者為之道, 形而下者為之器); translation from Fabrizio Pregadio, “The Notion of ‘Form” and the Ways of Liberation in Daoism,” Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie 14 (2004), 95.</ref> and can be applied to a broad range of things such as a deity, an icon, a purified self, a [[Fulu|talisman]], or a picture.<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/><ref>{{cite web|title=真形|url=http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/chi_big_enc/300072/%E7%9C%9F%E5%BD%A2|accessdate=2016-06-25|archive-date=2019-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503145521/https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/chi_big_enc/300072/%e7%9c%9f%e5%bd%a2}}</ref> Essentially, talismans and diagrams were depictions of a supramundane entities, and gave a visually observable shape to the metaphysical substance of a supramundane being's "image", which they referred to as the ''xiang'' (象).<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> Taoists believe that the "true form" or name of a spirit inscribed on a talisman is legible only to supernatural beings, and being in possession of such a talisman gives a sort of temporary "control" over the entity whose name or form is possessed.<ref>Steavu-Balint, Dominic, ''The Three Sovereigns Traditions: Talismans, Elixirs, and Meditation in Early Medieval China'' (Ph. D. Dissertation, Stanford University, 2010).</ref> The names of the entities were typically written in [[celestial script]] (天文), a type of divine talismanic writing, pm a support medium per the instructions provided to the talisman maker in conventional [[Chinese characters]]. Once the talisman was reproduced it had to he activated through rituals allowing them to control the associated entities.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> Taoists view the "true form" as the inner, often invisible, and formless quality of an entity which they contrast with the outer, visible, and concrete form of the entity.{{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=135}}<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> As a key concept behind Taoist visuality, "true forms" are not static and to gain the ability to see these underlying and secret phenomena entails an active journey.<ref name="Harvard-Picturing-the-True-Form">{{cite web|url= https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674504288|title= Harvard East Asian Monographs 342 - Picturing the True Form - Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China.|date=23 February 2015|accessdate=19 July 2023|author= Shih-shan Susan Huang (黃士珊)|publisher= [[Harvard University Press]] - [[Harvard University Asia Center]]|language=en}}</ref> Taoist practitioners claim that being able to see "true forms" requires the person to rigorously meditate and visualise and receive spiritual revelation, which requires both practice and have a lot of religious discipline.<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> "True forms" serve as the parent concept for related Taoist notions such as "true names" (真名), "true concealed names" (真諱), "true talismans" (真符), "true characters" (真字), and "true texts" (真本).<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> According to [[The Netherlands|Dutch]] Sinologist [[Kristofer Schipper]] the concept of "true forms" is the central unifying concept uniting both Taoist art and rituals.<ref>[[Kristofer Schipper|Kristofer M. Schipper]], ''"The True Form: Reflections on the Liturgical Basis of Taoist Art,"'' Sanjiao wenxian (三教文獻) 4 (2005): 91-113.</ref> Other than Taoists, [[Buddhism in China|Chinese Buddhists]] have also adopted "true forms", and the related concept of "true faces" (真容), into their practice.<ref name="Gil-Raz-Buddhist-usage-of-true-forms">{{cite web|url= https://www.reed.edu/new-frontiers/2018_reed/Raz-True-Forms-and-true-faces.pdf|title= “True Forms” and “True Faces”: Daoist and Buddhist Discourse on Images.|quote= Even more intriguing is the fact that at the same time as the appearance of the Dao-Buddhist stelae, Buddhists too begin to inscribe statues with similar apologetic statements. This paper examines this confluence in Buddhist and Daoist rhetoric, discourse, and practice, with a particular focus on the terms “true forms” (zhenxing 真形) and “true faces” (zhenrong 真容).|date=2018|accessdate=20 July 2023|author= Gil Raz|publisher= [[Dartmouth College]]|language=en}}</ref> == True form charts == [[File:Imperial Encyclopaedia - Montains and Rivers - pic010 - 五嶽真形圖.svg|thumb|left|The ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' (五嶽真形圖, ''Wǔyuè zhēn xíng tú'') illustrated in the ''[[Gujin Tushu Jicheng|Imperial Encyclopedia]]'', section "Mountains and Rivers".{{Efn|In the ''[[Gujin Tushu Jicheng|Imperial Encyclopedia]]'' the chart is referred to as the "五嶽眞形圖" rather than the "五嶽真形圖".}}]] In order to visualise "true forms" medieval Taoists developed what they called ''true form charts'' (真形圖, ''zhēn xíng tú'').{{Efn|These are alternatively known as ''true form diagrams'' or ''true form albums'' in [[English language|English]].}}<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> These ''true form charts'' are typically aniconic diagrams organised in a puzzling configuration depicting mountain-inspired paradises (such as [[grotto-heaven]]s), sacred sites, and ''[[Diyu]]'' (hells).<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> They are classified by [[Guo Ruoxu]] (郭若虛) as "magical paintings" (術畫){{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=1}} and in the ''[[Daozang]]'' they are classified as "Numinous Charts".<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> Taoists believe that ''true form charts'' and talismans have the power to uncover the "true forms" of the spirits, demons, and numinous entities that inhabit the world, as well as places such as mountains.<ref name="Google-Books-Early-Medieval-China">{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AeiIl2y6vJQC&pg=PA636&lpg=PA636&dq=charts+of+the+true+Form+of+the+Five+Marchmounts&source=bl&ots=2MEi4eph1J&sig=ACfU3U2VbVXpoFWeSsaZKO3s6tijCDVdgg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVsaLxqtPuAhWkHDQIHQIICLg4ChDoATADegQIBBAC#v=onepage&q=charts%20of%20the%20true%20Form%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts&f=false|title= Early Medieval China: A Sourcebook.|date=11 March 2014|accessdate=10 July 2023|author= Wendy Swartz, Robert Ford Campany, Yang Lu, Jessey Choo|publisher= [[Google Books]]|language=en}}</ref> Taoists used these "true form" charts both for communication and for protection.<ref name="Google-Books-Early-Medieval-China"/> Regarding their protective function [[Ge Hong]] stated: "Having the ''Album of the True Forms of the Five Marchmounts'' in your home enables you to deflect violent assault and repulse those who wish to do you harm; they themselves will suffer the calamity they seek to visit upon you." indicating that being in possession of a ''true form chart'' can keep its owners safe from potential harm.<ref name="Von-Glahn-2004">{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=620lDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=Having+the+Album+of+the+True+Forms+of+the+Five+Marchmounts+in+your+home+enables+you+to+deflect+violent+assault+and+repulse+those+who+wish+to+do+you+harm;+they+themselves+will+suffer+the+calamity+they+seek+to+visit+upon+you.%22&source=bl&ots=K7aqTtvaCo&sig=ACfU3U2P1zojQPAw9Azn2DzOXT1PDJNuSg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMt-qQ6_juAhUkL30KHREzAtgQ6AEwAHoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=Having%20the%20Album%20of%20the%20True%20Forms%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts%20in%20your%20home%20enables%20you%20to%20deflect%20violent%20assault%20and%20repulse%20those%20who%20wish%20to%20do%20you%20harm%3B%20they%20themselves%20will%20suffer%20the%20calamity%20they%20seek%20to%20visit%20upon%20you.%22&f=false|title= The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture.|date=20 April 2004|accessdate=19 July 2023|author= Richard von Glahn|publisher= [[University of California Press]]|language=en}}</ref> According to professor [[Shih-Shan Susan Huang]] (黃士珊) ''true form charts'' are deliberately designed to be incomprehensible for ordinary people as they are a part of the esoteric teachings of Taoism and can only be read by those who are trained to do so.<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> Taoist rituals have a prominent place in their visual culture and ''[[vice versa]]'', with the more esoteric ''true form charts'' representing an "outer" ritual dimension that can transform the "inner" experiences.{{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=189}} On this Ge Hong commented that during the [[Eastern Wu]] dynasty a man by the name of [[Jie Xiang]] (介象) was able to read the talismanic script and tell whether it was authentic or inauthentic.<ref name="Baopuzi-Xie-Jiang">''[[Baopuzi]]'' (抱樸子), quote: "昔吳世有介象者，能讀符文，知誤之與否。有人試取治百病雜符及諸厭劾符，去其籤題以示象，皆一一據名之。其有誤者，便為人定之。自是以來，莫有能知者也。[…] 然今符上字不可讀，誤不可覺 […]。"</ref> Ge Hong claimed that if someone attempted to test him by removing the captions from any therapeutic or apotropaic talisman that Jie Xiang could still tell what was written in them and that he was even able to correct some mistakes in them.<ref name="Baopuzi-Xie-Jiang"/> However, after Jie Xiang nobody has been able to read the talismanic script meaning that it was impossible to tell if they were right or wrong.<ref name="Baopuzi-Xie-Jiang"/> Taoists typically regard the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' (人鳥山真形圖, ''Rén niǎoshān zhēn xíng tú'') and the ''True Form Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' (五嶽真形圖, ''Wǔyuè zhēn xíng tú'') as the two most important ''true form charts''.<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> These charts (albums), which contained images that took the form of esoteric mountain landscapes seen from a [[bird's-eye view]], provided their users with guidance and protection needed during travels through the sacred areas. ''True form charts'' symbols are related to the configurations found in ''[[feng shui]]'', [[Chinese calligraphy]], [[traditional Chinese medicine]], and traditional [[Chinese cartography]].<ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality"/> {{Quote box | quote ="[…] Among important writings on the Way, none surpass the Esoteric Writ of the Three Sovereigns and the True Form Charts of the Five Peaks. The ancients, the immortal officers, and accomplished people respect and keep secret these teachings." <center>(道書之重者，莫過於三皇內文五岳真形圖也。古人仙官至人，尊祕此道。)</center> | source =- [[Ge Hong]] (葛洪, 283–343) praising the collection of talismans, quoted from his work ''[[Baopuzi|The Master Who Embraces Simplicity]]'' (抱樸子).<ref>''[[Baopuzi]]'' (抱樸子), 19.336.</ref> | width = 75% | align = center }} === ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' === The ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' (人鳥山真形圖) is usually regarded by scholars as a type of "fairy mountain map" (仙山圖) or a "fairyland picture" (仙境圖).<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022">{{cite web|url= https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/11/1128|title= The Sacred Writing of Knowledge: Interpreting the True Form Charts of the Man-Bird Mountain in Taoism. ''Religions'' 13, no. 11: 1128.|date=21 November 2022|accessdate=20 July 2023|author= Linbo Cai|publisher= Department of Philosophy, [[East China Normal University]], [[Shanghai]], [[China]]|postscript= <br> License of the work "© 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)."|language=en}}</ref> Researchers generally regard this chart as a combined map of an "immortal mountain" (仙山), or "fairyland", with theological and geographic significance.<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> Some scholars directly regard the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' as the [[Kunlun (mythology)|Kunlun Mountains]], believing that the "Kunlun Mountain is the Man-Bird Mountain or Spirit-Bird mountain, and the mother of birds is the [[Queen Mother of the West]]".<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> However, scholar Cai Linbo concludes that rather than it being a map, like many ''true form charts'', the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' is actually a description of the mechanism of the "convergence of celestial and terrestrial ''[[qi]]''" (天地氣交) inside of the human body.<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> Cai argues that the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' was designed guide novice Taoists in meditation (存思) and activating ''qi'' (行氣).<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> In [[Traditional Chinese medicine|ancient Chinese medicine]], the mechanism of the inter-induction of ''qi'' (氣交) controls the transmission and transformation of food, circulation of ''qi''-blood in the body, and generation and storage of vital essence.<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> Ancient Taoist priests referred to the mechanism of the inter-induction of qi as "regulating qi in Central Yellow" (黃中理炁).<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> The exact origins of the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' are unknown and its creation has been dated to a period ranging from the [[Northern and Southern dynasties]] to the [[Tang dynasty]].<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> The origins of the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' and other ''true form charts'' are likely inspired by Buddhist works of the 9th and 10th centuries.<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> Xin Deyong (辛德勇), the Picture of the Mystic Vision is “surrounded by explanatory words, obviously with traces of imitating the Buddhist Tantric (陀羅尼) mantras", which is affirmed by Susan Huang who claims that "The text-image juxtaposition resembles the single-sheet design of Buddhist charms known as the ''[[Dharani|Dhāranī]] Chart of the True Word'' (陀羅尼真言), which were popular in the 9th and 10th centuries".{{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=139}}<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> The fact that the Taoists borrowed so heavily from the Buddhists during this period indicates that the Taoist ''true form charts'' had similar functions as the Buddhist works and likely date from the same period.<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> Despite the esoteric Buddhist inspirations present in the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'', its origins are still derivative of indigenous ancient cultural traditions, as Huang traced the history of the painting of the Man-Bird (人鳥) and argued that the Man-Bird (人鳥) on the T-shaped silk painting from the Han tomb of ''[[Mawangdui]]'' and the Man-Bird (人鳥) of Laojun (老君) from the 2nd century AD reflects the tradition of painting the Man-Bird (人鳥圖) in early Chinese art.{{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=142–143}}<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> Taoism drew upon this ancient tradition of drawing the Man-Bird (人鳥) and transformed it into something immortal.{{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=142–143}}<ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022"/> While the layout and function of the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' may resemble the contemporary [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] ''[[Dharani|dhāraṇī]]'', the way it is organised with a bipartite division is inspired by the Taoist concept of [[yin and yang]] notion of heaven and earth, as the ''True Form Chart of the Man-Bird Mountain'' depicts the earth-part of the mountain while the Taoist ''[[fulu]]'' script depicts the heaven-part.{{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=134–154}} While Shih-Shan Susan Huang sees the ink-blobs and holes present in the Man-Bird Mountain's ''true form chart'' as exoteric and esoteric transmission of their ritual function,{{Sfn|Huang|2012|p=154}} Lennert Gesterkamp notes that he thinks that they might represent gestating energies of a grotto-heaven located inside of the mountain.<ref name="Lennert-Gesterkamp-Review-2013">{{cite web|url= https://www.academia.edu/45681043/Review_of_Huang_Picturing_the_True_Form_Daoist_Visual_Culture_in_Traditional_China|title= Review of Huang - Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China.|date=2013|accessdate=19 July 2023|author= Lennert Gesterkamp|publisher= [[Journal of Chinese Religions]]|language=en}}</ref> === ''True forms of the Five Sacred Mountains'' === [[File:Qing Dynasty period Daoist Talisman of the Five Great Mountains - Primaltrek 02.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Qing dynasty]] period [[Taoist coin charm#Five Great Mountains talismans|Five Great Mountains talisman]] based on the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Eastern Jin dynasty]] period ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' (五嶽真形圖, ''Wǔyuè zhēn xíng tú'').]] The [[Sacred Mountains of China#The Five Great Mountains|Five Great Mountains]], also known as the ''Five Marchmounts'', are a collection of [[Central China|central Chinese]] mountains that are regarded as sacred by practitioners of Taoism.<ref name="Google-Books-Early-Medieval-China"/> These mountains are usually understood to be [[Mount Tai]] (泰山), [[Mount Heng (Hunan)|Mount Heng]] (衡山), [[Mount Song]] (嵩山), [[Mount Hua]] (華山), and [[Mount Heng (Shanxi)|Mount Heng]] (恆山).<ref name="The-Standard-Taoist-Mountain-and-Related-Features-of-Religious-Geography">{{cite web|url= https://www.persee.fr/doc/asie_0766-1177_1988_num_4_1_916|title= The Standard Taoist Mountain and Related Features of Religious Geography.|date=1988|accessdate=10 July 2023|author= Thomas Hahn|publisher= Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Google-Books-Early-Medieval-China"/> Taoists recorded the "True forms of the Five Sacred Mountains" and its surrounding rivers both in ''true form charts'' and in talismans (''fulu'') depicting them as many twists and turns.<ref>{{cite web|title=洞玄靈寶五嶽古本真形圖并序|url=http://www.ctcwri.idv.tw/CTCWRI-MTS/CMT02%E6%B4%9E%E7%8E%84%E9%83%A8/CMT0204%E9%9D%88%E5%9C%96%E9%A1%9E/CH0204XX/CH020413%E6%B4%9E%E7%8E%84%E9%9D%88%E5%AF%B6%E4%BA%94%E5%B6%BD%E5%8F%A4%E6%9C%AC%E7%9C%9F%E5%BD%A2%E5%9C%96.htm|quote=五嶽真形者，山水之象也。盤曲迴轉陵阜，形勢高下參差，長短卷舒，波流似於奮筆，鋒鋩暢乎嶺崿。雲林玄黃，有如書字之狀。是以天真道君，下觀規矩，擬縱趨向，因如字之韻，而隨形而名山焉。|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20160625002727/http://www.ctcwri.idv.tw/CTCWRI-MTS/CMT02%E6%B4%9E%E7%8E%84%E9%83%A8/CMT0204%E9%9D%88%E5%9C%96%E9%A1%9E/CH0204XX/CH020413%E6%B4%9E%E7%8E%84%E9%9D%88%E5%AF%B6%E4%BA%94%E5%B6%BD%E5%8F%A4%E6%9C%AC%E7%9C%9F%E5%BD%A2%E5%9C%96.htm|archivedate=2016-06-25|accessdate=2016-06-25}}</ref><ref name="Google-Books-Early-Medieval-China"/> The exact origins of the ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' (五嶽真形圖, ''Wǔyuè zhēn xíng tú'') are unknown and it was likely created during the [[Han dynasty#Eastern Han|late Han]], [[Cao Wei|Wei]], or [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin dynasty]] period.<ref name=five>{{cite journal|author1=辛德勇|title=記東方朔《五嶽真形圖序》存世最早的寫本|journal=九州|url=http://www.zggds.pku.edu.cn/004/001/260.pdf|author=|access-date=2016-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816114128/http://www.zggds.pku.edu.cn/004/001/260.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=five2>{{cite book|editor=胡孚琛|title=中華道教大辭典|publisher=中國社會科學出版社|pages=275}}</ref> While the original ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' no longer exists, many later made copies and map-like charts inspired by it remain important in the Taoist religion.<ref name="Google-Books-Early-Medieval-China"/> According to the apocryphal preface of the ''Daozang'', attributed to the [[Han dynasty]] period [[scholar-official]], ''[[fangshi]]'' ("master of esoterica"), author, and [[court jester]] [[Dongfang Shuo]], the images of the mountains transmitted to later generations as the ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' were personally drawn by the [[Yellow Emperor]].{{Sfn|von Glahn|2008|p=283}} In 1910 [[France|French]] Sinologist [[Édouard Chavannes]] studied the chart and that charts with the title ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' showcasing inscriptions and pictorial representations of Mount Tai dating from the 14th century onwards.{{Sfn|von Glahn|2008|p=283}} In 1926 the [[Japan]]ese researcher Inoue published a detailed study of the complex textual history of the ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' where he argues that the text entitled ''Dongxuan lingbao wuyue guben zhenxing tu'' preserved in the ''Daozang'' is the oldest extant version of the chart.{{Sfn|von Glahn|2008|p=283}} Inoue notes that the depictions that Édouard Chavannes studied differ markedly from those in ''Dongxuan lingbao wuyue guben zhenxing tu'', and that they derive from a later, post-Tang development of the cult.{{Sfn|von Glahn|2008|p=283}}{{Sfn|Inoue|1926|p=80-81}} On the matter of the origins of the chart, [[Ge Hong]] referred to "the techniques of the Writs of the Three Sovereigns for summoning celestial deities and telluric spirits" and speculates that it and the ''True Forms Chart of the Five Sacred Peaks'' were originally a single text, where the ''true form chart's'' illustrations were simply attached to the ''Writs of the Three Sovereigns'' (三皇文).{{Sfn|von Glahn|2008|p=283}} == In Buddhism == {{See also|Three teachings}} Despite attempting to discredit their usage during the [[Tang dynasty]] and attempting to revoke the canonical status of the ''Writs of the Three Sovereigns'' under the aegis of [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]], practitioners of [[Buddhism]] adopted Taoist talismanic writing (''fulu'') and ''true form charts'' around the same time.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> Chinese Buddhists began to adopt both Taoist talismans and ''true form charts'' along with their associated practices, reformulating them to match the Buddhist pantheons, metaphysical concepts, and cosmologies.<ref name="EncShinto">{{cite web |last1=Okada |first1=Yoshiyuki |title=Shinsatsu, Mamorifuda |url=http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=291 |website=Encyclopedia of Shinto |publisher=Kokugakuin University |access-date=2020-05-23 |archive-date=2020-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025231753/http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=291 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wen |first1=Benebell |title=The Tao of Craft: Fu Talismans and Casting Sigils in the Eastern Esoteric Tradition |date=2016 |publisher=North Atlantic Books |isbn=978-1623170677 |page=55}}</ref><ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> This adoption occurred sometime during the late 6th century and was political in nature, as these Taoist concepts were already known and used in elite circles at the time and would grand the Buddhists more political legitimacy, as the usage of both talismans and ''true form charts'' were pervasive indigenous Chinese implements that surfaced in state-sponsored cultic rituals and juridical-administrative rituals, this adoption made the Buddhists a more "legitimate" religious group as they were vying with the Taoists for imperial sponsorship.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> Because of the religious use of Taoist talismanic "magic writing" and ''true form charts'' in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, they have essentially become "clean-slate receptacles for, and simultaneously, vectors of first-order meaning" due to their illegibility causing the same talisman or chart to refer to a local Daoist river god as well as to ''[[Wisdom King|Vidyārāja]]'', be a representation of the interior space of a sacred mountain in Taoist theology or the structure of the ''[[Diamond Realm|Vajradhātu]]'' to a Buddhist depending on which religion the person follows.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> Despite this fact, both talismanic writing and ''true form charts'' often have some permanent second-order semantic meaning beyond their variable interpretation.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> While the [[Sino-Japanese vocabulary|Sino-Japanese]] ''[[Taishō Tripiṭaka]]'' includes numerous references to Taoist talismanic writing, the Taoist ''true form charts'' are noticeably absent from the work.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> [[Dominic Steavu]], a scholar of Chinese religions, speculates that this might be the case because the notion of the "true form" might've been to closely associated with Taoism while the ''fu'' writing style was seen as "more generic". Furthermore, Steavu notes that Buddhists already had a notion that was equivalent to "true forms" known as ''[[Samaya]] embodiments'' (三昧耶身) and ''Samaya forms'' (三昧耶形 or 三形) which could bridge the Taoist concept.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> In Buddhism, these terms are references to allusions for for the spiritual essence fundamental to the divine being of [[buddha]]s and [[bodhisattva]]s, meaning that the concept was similar to one of the earliest Taoist interpretations of talismanic writing as the word ''samaya'' could be rendered as "joining together", a relationship also found in Taoist "true names" and "true forms".<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> In Buddhist sources, ''samaya'' are sometimes represented in a manner similar to ''true form charts'' where they graphically and integrated into diagrams.<ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality"/> == See also == * [[Map–territory relation]] * [[Theory of forms]] * [[True name]] == Explanatory notes == {{Notelist}} == References == {{Reflist}} == Sources == * Huang, Shih-shan Susan (黃士珊). ''Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China.'' 1st ed. Vol. 342. [[Harvard University Asia Center]], 2012. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1x07w1q. * von Glahn, Richard, ''The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture'' ([[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California|CA]], 2004; online edn, California Scholarship Online, 24 May 2012), https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520234086.001.0001, accessed 19 July 2023. == External links == {{Commonscat|True form (Taoism)}} * [https://www.academia.edu/90844733/_%E5%9B%BE%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%E5%BD%A2_%E4%BC%A0%E7%BB%9F%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%9A%84%E9%81%93%E6%95%99%E8%A7%86%E8%A7%89%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96_%E8%AF%91%E8%80%85_%E7%A5%9D%E9%80%B8%E9%9B%AF_%E4%B8%AD%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4%E8%89%BA%E6%9C%AF%E5%8F%B2%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85%E8%AE%BA%E4%B8%9B_%E6%B5%99%E6%B1%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88%E7%A4%BE_2022_12_ 《图写真形: 传统中国的道教视觉文化》，译者: 祝逸雯，《中青年艺术史学者论丛》，浙江大學出版社 (2022, 12)], [[Academia.edu]] (in [[Mandarin Chinese]]). * [[:File:The Sacred Writing of Knowledge - Interpreting the True Form Charts of the Man‑Bird Mountain in Taoism by Cai Linbo (2022) Religions - MDPI.pdf|''The Sacred Writing of Knowledge - Interpreting the True Form Charts of the Man‑Bird Mountain in Taoism'' (2022) by Cai Linbo]] ([[Wikimedia Commons]]). {{Chinese philosophy}} {{Taoism footer}} [[:Category:Ancient Chinese philosophy]] [[:Category:Classical Chinese philosophy]] [[:Category:Concepts in Chinese philosophy]] [[:Category:Concepts in metaphysics]] [[:Category:Taoist philosophy]] [[:Category:Religious philosophical concepts]] .

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January 2023.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2023|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2023|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= January 2023|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2023|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

2022[edit]

December 2022.

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<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= December 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

November 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= November 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

October 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= October 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

September 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= September 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

August 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= August 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

July 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= July 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

June 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= June 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

May 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= May 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= May 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= May 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= May 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

April 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= April 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= April 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= April 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= April 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

March 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= March 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= March 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= March 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= March 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

February 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= February 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= February 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= February 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= February 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

January 2022.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2022|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2022|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= January 2022|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2022|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

2021[edit]

December 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= December 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

November 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= November 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

October 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= October 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

September 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= September 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

August 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= August 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

July 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= July 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

June 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= June 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

May 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= May 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= May 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= May 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= May 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

April 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= April 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= April 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= April 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= April 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

February 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= March 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= March 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= March 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= March 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

February 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= February 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= February 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= February 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= February 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

January 2021.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2021|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2021|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= January 2021|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= January 2021|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

2020[edit]

December 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= December 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= December 2020|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

October 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= October 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= October 2020|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

November 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= November 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= November 2020|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

September 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= September 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= September 2020|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

August 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= August 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="Chinese-Coinage-Web-Site">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= August 2020|author= Vladimir Belyaev (Владимир Беляев)|publisher= Chinese Coinage Web Site (Charm.ru)|language=en}}</ref>

July 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= July 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

June 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= June 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= June 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

May 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= May 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= May 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref> No longer needed as I've imported THE ENTIRE WEBSITE, ~~except for ancient Chinese piggy banks.~~

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate=May 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= May 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

April 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= April 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= April 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Kaogu">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate=April 2020|author= Credited as "NetWriter".|publisher= [[Kaogu]] (考古) - [[Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences|Institute of Archaeology]], [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] (中国社会科学院考古研究所)|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="TransAsiart">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=14 September 2015|accessdate= April 2020|author= [[François Thierry (numismatist)|François Thierry de Crussol]] (蒂埃里)|publisher= TransAsiart|language=fr}}</ref>

March 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= March 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= March 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref>

February 2020.

<ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= February 2020|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= February 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref>

January 2020.

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<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= January 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref>

2019[edit]

December 2019.

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<ref name="Primaltrek">{{cite web|url= |title=.|date=16 November 2016|accessdate= December 2019|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref>

To use[edit]

<ref name="HoreshQing">{{cite web|url= https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-981-10-0622-7_54-1|title= The Monetary System of China under the Qing Dynasty.|date=28 September 2018|accessdate=29 July 2019|author= [[Niv Horesh]]|publisher= [[Springer Nature|Springer Link]]|language=en}}</ref>
- <ref name="HoreshQing"/>

<ref name="PrimalQing">{{cite web|url= http://primaltrek.com/chinesecoins.html#qing_dynasty_coins|title= Chinese coins – 中國錢幣 - Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (1644-1911)|date=16 November 2016|accessdate=30 June 2017|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref>
- <ref name="PrimalQing"/>

<ref name="PrimaltrekKingOfQingDynastyCoins">{{cite web|url= http://primaltrek.com/blog/2013/01/08/the-king-of-qing-dynasty-coins/|title=The King of Qing Dynasty Coins.|date=8 January 2013|accessdate=8 January 2020|work= Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture)|language=en}}</ref>
- <ref name="PrimaltrekKingOfQingDynastyCoins"/>

<ref name="CambridgeInflation">{{cite web|url= https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/hsienfeng-inflation/54A8F1ADDC871CC18F4DCFA828730DEB|title= The Hsien-Fêng Inflation (Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009).|date=October 1958|accessdate=28 July 2019|author= Jerome Ch'ên|publisher= [[SOAS University of London]]|language=en}}</ref>
- <ref name="CambridgeInflation"/>

<ref name="Brill2015">[https://www.academia.edu/28400259/_Silver_Copper_Rice_and_Debt_Monetary_Policy_and_Office_Selling_in_China_during_the_Taiping_Rebellion_in_Money_in_Asia_1200_1900_Small_Currencies_in_Social_and_Political_Contexts_ed._by_Jane_Kate_Leonard_and_Ulrich_Theobald_Leiden_Brill_2015_343-395 “Silver, Copper, Rice, and Debt: Monetary Policy and Office Selling in China during the Taiping Rebellion,” in Money in Asia (1200–1900): Small Currencies in Social and Political Contexts, ed.] by Jane Kate Leonard and Ulrich Theobald, [[Leiden]]: Brill, 2015, 343-395.</ref>
- <ref name="Brill2015"/>

<ref name="LondonSchoolOfEconomicsDebinMa">{{cite web|url= http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/41940/1/WP159.pdf|title= Money and Monetary System in China in the 19th-20th Century: An Overview. (Working Papers No. 159/12)|date=January 2012|accessdate=26 January 2020|author= Debin Ma|publisher= Department of Economic History, [[London School of Economics]]|language=en}}</ref>
- <ref name="LondonSchoolOfEconomicsDebinMa"/>

<ref name="LondonSchoolOfEconomicsXunYan">{{cite web|url= http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3307/1/Yan_In_Search_of_Power.pdf|title= In Search of Power and Credibility - Essays on Chinese Monetary History (1851-1845).|date=March 2015|accessdate=8 February 2020|author= Xun Yan|publisher= Department of Economic History, [[London School of Economics|London School of Economics and Political Science]]||language=en}}</ref>
- <ref name="LondonSchoolOfEconomicsXunYan"/>.

Sources to use[edit]

https://voices.uchicago.edu/vmpea/2011/04/23/may-5-susan-shih-shan-huang/
- <ref name="University-of-Chicago-True-Form-Charts-and-the-Daoist-Visuality">{{cite web|url= https://voices.uchicago.edu/vmpea/2011/04/23/may-5-susan-shih-shan-huang/|title= True Form Charts and the Daoist Visuality.|date=23 April 2011|accessdate=10 July 2023|author= Shih-Shan Susan Huang (黃士珊), Assistant Professor, Art History Department, [[Rice University]]|publisher= The Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia Workshop (VMPEA) - [[University of Chicago]] |language=en}}</ref>
  - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 19:02, 19 July 2023 (UTC) .

https://books.google.nl/books?id=AeiIl2y6vJQC&pg=PA636&lpg=PA636&dq=charts+of+the+true+Form+of+the+Five+Marchmounts&source=bl&ots=2MEi4eph1J&sig=ACfU3U2VbVXpoFWeSsaZKO3s6tijCDVdgg&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=charts%20of%20the%20true%20Form%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts&f=false / https://books.google.com/books?id=AeiIl2y6vJQC&pg=PA636&lpg=PA636&dq=charts+of+the+true+Form+of+the+Five+Marchmounts&source=bl&ots=2MEi4eph1J&sig=ACfU3U2VbVXpoFWeSsaZKO3s6tijCDVdgg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVsaLxqtPuAhWkHDQIHQIICLg4ChDoATADegQIBBAC#v=onepage&q=charts%20of%20the%20true%20Form%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts&f=false
- <ref name="Google-Books-Early-Medieval-China">{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AeiIl2y6vJQC&pg=PA636&lpg=PA636&dq=charts+of+the+true+Form+of+the+Five+Marchmounts&source=bl&ots=2MEi4eph1J&sig=ACfU3U2VbVXpoFWeSsaZKO3s6tijCDVdgg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVsaLxqtPuAhWkHDQIHQIICLg4ChDoATADegQIBBAC#v=onepage&q=charts%20of%20the%20true%20Form%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts&f=false|title= Early Medieval China: A Sourcebook.|date=11 March 2014|accessdate=10 July 2023|author= Wendy Swartz, Robert Ford Campany, Yang Lu, Jessey Choo|publisher= [[Google Books]]|language=en}}</ref>
  - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 20:51, 18 July 2023 (UTC) .

https://www.reed.edu/new-frontiers/2018_reed/Raz-True-Forms-and-true-faces.pdf
- <ref name="Gil-Raz-Buddhist-usage-of-true-forms">{{cite web|url= https://www.reed.edu/new-frontiers/2018_reed/Raz-True-Forms-and-true-faces.pdf|title= “True Forms” and “True Faces”: Daoist and Buddhist Discourse on Images.|quote= Even more intriguing is the fact that at the same time as the appearance of the Dao-Buddhist stelae, Buddhists too begin to inscribe statues with similar apologetic statements. This paper examines this confluence in Buddhist and Daoist rhetoric, discourse, and practice, with a particular focus on the terms “true forms” (zhenxing 真形) and “true faces” (zhenrong 真容).|date=2018|accessdate=20 July 2023|author= Gil Raz|publisher= [[Darthmouth College]]|language=en}}</ref>
  - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 08:57, 20 July 2023 (UTC) .

https://docslib.org/doc/12001819/taking-form-in-response-to-stimulus-recent-publications-in-taoist-studies-a-field-in-motion
- <ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2023|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674504288
- <ref name="Harvard-Picturing-the-True-Form">{{cite web|url= https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674504288|title= Harvard East Asian Monographs 342 - Picturing the True Form - Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China.|date=23 February 2015|accessdate=19 July 2023|author= Shih-shan Susan Huang (黃士珊)|publisher= [[Harvard University Press]] - [[Harvard University Asia Center]]|language=en}}</ref>
  - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 19:10, 19 July 2023 (UTC) .

https://www.academia.edu/78619901/Picturing_the_True_Form_Daoist_Visual_Culture_in_Traditional_China_by_Shih_Shan_Susan_Huang
- <ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2023|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1x07w1q
- <ref name="JSTOR-2012">{{cite web|url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1x07w1q|title= Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China. - Shih-shan Susan Huang. - Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. - Volume: 342. - Copyright Date: 2012. - Edition: 1 - Published by: Harvard University Asia Center - https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1x07w1q Pages: 534 - https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1x07w1q - Search for reviews of this book.|date=2012 |accessdate= July 2023|author= JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.|publisher= ©2000‍–2023 ITHAKA. All Rights Reserved. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, JPASS®, Artstor®, Reveal Digital™ and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA.|language=en}}</ref>

https://www.academia.edu/45681043/Review_of_Huang_Picturing_the_True_Form_Daoist_Visual_Culture_in_Traditional_China
- <ref name="Lennert-Gesterkamp-Review-2013">{{cite web|url= https://www.academia.edu/45681043/Review_of_Huang_Picturing_the_True_Form_Daoist_Visual_Culture_in_Traditional_China|title= Review of Huang - Picturing the True Form: Daoist Visual Culture in Traditional China.|date=2013|accessdate=19 July 2023|author= Lennert Gesterkamp|publisher= [[Journal of Chinese Religions]] - [[Academia.edu]]|language=en}}</ref>
  - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 20:12, 19 July 2023 (UTC) .

https://shihshansusanhuang.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5ba3f-2014_e9bb83e5a3abe78f8ae5afabe79c9fe5b1b1e4b98be5bda2_e69585e5aeaee5adb8e8a193e5ada3e5888a.pdf
- “Xie zhenshan zhixing: cong ‘Shanshuitu‘ ‘Shanshui hua‘ tan Daojiao shanshuiguan zhi shijue xingsu” 寫真山之形：從「山水圖」、「山水畫」談道教山水觀之視覺型塑 (Shaping the True Mountains: ‘Shanshui tu’,‘Shanshui hua’, and Visuality in Daoist Landscape), Gugong xueshu jikan (故宮學術季刊) - Palace Museum Research Quarterly 31.4 (2014): 121-204.

Check for sources[edit]

https://taocurrents.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/recognizing-the-true-form-of-things/

https://shihshansusanhuang.com/peer-review-articles/

https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/shih-shan-susan-huang

Possibly useful[edit]

https://books.google.com/books?id=iyvBvYoIZmsC&pg=PA283&lpg=PA283&dq=five+marchmounts&source=bl&ots=LUCkjn1S2L&sig=ACfU3U2VBv9k0msIVeIPuiMnFVZ2R5GTQA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4_qbVptPuAhVyHjQIHRaAAD8Q6AEwEXoECCIQAg#v=onepage&q=five%20marchmounts&f=false
- <ref name="">{{cite web|url= |title= .|date=|accessdate= July 2023|author= |publisher= |language=en}}</ref>

https://www.persee.fr/doc/asie_0766-1177_1988_num_4_1_916
- <ref name="The-Standard-Taoist-Mountain-and-Related-Features-of-Religious-Geography">{{cite web|url= https://www.persee.fr/doc/asie_0766-1177_1988_num_4_1_916|title= The Standard Taoist Mountain and Related Features of Religious Geography.|date=1988|accessdate=10 July 2023|author= Thomas Hahn|publisher= Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie|language=en}}</ref>
  - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 21:47, 19 July 2023 (UTC) .

https://books.google.com/books?id=620lDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=Having+the+Album+of+the+True+Forms+of+the+Five+Marchmounts+in+your+home+enables+you+to+deflect+violent+assault+and+repulse+those+who+wish+to+do+you+harm;+they+themselves+will+suffer+the+calamity+they+seek+to+visit+upon+you.%22&source=bl&ots=K7aqTtvaCo&sig=ACfU3U2P1zojQPAw9Azn2DzOXT1PDJNuSg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMt-qQ6_juAhUkL30KHREzAtgQ6AEwAHoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=Having%20the%20Album%20of%20the%20True%20Forms%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts%20in%20your%20home%20enables%20you%20to%20deflect%20violent%20assault%20and%20repulse%20those%20who%20wish%20to%20do%20you%20harm%3B%20they%20themselves%20will%20suffer%20the%20calamity%20they%20seek%20to%20visit%20upon%20you.%22&f=false
- Ge Hong stated: “Having the Album of the True Forms of the Five Marchmounts in your home enables you to deflect violent assault and repulse those who wish to do you harm; they themselves will suffer the calamity they seek to visit upon you.”
  - <ref name="Von-Glahn-2004">{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=620lDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=Having+the+Album+of+the+True+Forms+of+the+Five+Marchmounts+in+your+home+enables+you+to+deflect+violent+assault+and+repulse+those+who+wish+to+do+you+harm;+they+themselves+will+suffer+the+calamity+they+seek+to+visit+upon+you.%22&source=bl&ots=K7aqTtvaCo&sig=ACfU3U2P1zojQPAw9Azn2DzOXT1PDJNuSg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMt-qQ6_juAhUkL30KHREzAtgQ6AEwAHoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=Having%20the%20Album%20of%20the%20True%20Forms%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts%20in%20your%20home%20enables%20you%20to%20deflect%20violent%20assault%20and%20repulse%20those%20who%20wish%20to%20do%20you%20harm%3B%20they%20themselves%20will%20suffer%20the%20calamity%20they%20seek%20to%20visit%20upon%20you.%22&f=false|title= The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture.|date=20 April 2004|accessdate=19 July 2023|author= Richard von Glahn|publisher= [[University of California Press]]|language=en}}</ref>
    - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 21:47, 19 July 2023 (UTC) .

http://www.world-news-research.com/InternalAlchemy.html

https://books.google.com/books?id=AeiIl2y6vJQC&pg=PA636&lpg=PA636&dq=charts+of+the+true+Form+of+the+Five+Marchmounts&source=bl&ots=2MEi4eph1J&sig=ACfU3U2VbVXpoFWeSsaZKO3s6tijCDVdgg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVsaLxqtPuAhWkHDQIHQIICLg4ChDoATADegQIBBAC#v=onepage&q=charts%20of%20the%20true%20Form%20of%20the%20Five%20Marchmounts&f=false
- Already done.

https://www.academia.edu/90844733/_%E5%9B%BE%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%E5%BD%A2_%E4%BC%A0%E7%BB%9F%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%9A%84%E9%81%93%E6%95%99%E8%A7%86%E8%A7%89%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96_%E8%AF%91%E8%80%85_%E7%A5%9D%E9%80%B8%E9%9B%AF_%E4%B8%AD%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4%E8%89%BA%E6%9C%AF%E5%8F%B2%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85%E8%AE%BA%E4%B8%9B_%E6%B5%99%E6%B1%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88%E7%A4%BE_2022_12_
- 传统中国的道教视觉文化》，译者: 祝逸雯，《中青年艺术史学者论丛》，浙江大學出版社 (2022, 12), Academia.edu (in Mandarin Chinese).

https://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Steavu.Paratexts.Talismans.fu_.Diagrams.tu_.pdf
- <ref name="Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality">Steavu, Dominic, "Paratextuality, Materiality, and Corporeality in Medieval Chinese Religions", [https://online.ucpress.edu/jmw/article-pdf/1/4/11/382899/jmw_2019_1_4_11.pdf] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230720062511/https://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Steavu.Paratexts.Talismans.fu_.Diagrams.tu_.pdf Archive]).</ref>

The Sacred Writing of Knowledge: Interpreting the True Form Charts of the Man-Bird Mountain in Taoism[edit]

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/11/1128 / https://web.archive.org/web/20230720082708/https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/11/1128
- <ref name="Cai-Linbo-2022">{{cite web|url= https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/11/1128|title= The Sacred Writing of Knowledge: Interpreting the True Form Charts of the Man-Bird Mountain in Taoism. ''Religions'' 13, no. 11: 1128.|date=21 November 2022|accessdate=20 July 2023|author= Linbo Cai|publisher= Department of Philosophy, [[East China Normal University]], [[Shanghai]], [[China]]|postscript= © 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).|language=en}}</ref>
  - Done. --Donald Trung (talk) 08:33, 22 July 2023 (UTC) .

Fulu expansion[edit]

Use Steavu page 17 (seventeen).

== History ==

The research into the history of Taoist symbols and symbolism has always been a challenge for scholars because historically, Taoist priests have often adopted mystical images and written symbols to express their thoughts and knowledge, meaning that both the deciphering and interpretation of these symbols as well as the history behind them isn't easily found in the primary sources.^[1]

During the Eastern Jin dynasty period it was already not needed for a user of Taoist talismans to be able to decipher them in order for them to be perceived as "applicable for their intended purpose".^[2] Ge Hong noted in his Baopuzi that as long as the talisman's inscription or shape was authentic, it didn't matter if the user was literate or illiterate in the script, the talisman would be functional.^[2] By this time, the talisman's illegibility had already become a sign that they were of divine authority and held supernatural provenance.^[2]

According to scholar Yang Zhaohua, while a number of the earliest known Taoist talismans were "simple and legible", later talismans were deliberately cryptic to signify their divinity.^[2]^[3] Other scholars of Taoism like James Robson and Gil Raz have made the claim that the incomprehensibility of what is written down is a defining feature of most talismanic script, they argue that the illegibility is central to the talisman's perceived authority and efficacy.^[2]^[4]

Add to "General design".

According to professor Ge Zhaoguang (葛兆光), National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies and the Department of History at Fudan University, Shanghai, the unreadability of Taoist talismanic is a type of "linguistic archaism" (復古主義), deliberately designed to be incomprehensible as "a veil of unfathomable otherwordliness" allowing only a minority of qualified Taoist clergy to produce them.^[2]^[5]

^ Linbo Cai (21 November 2022). "The Sacred Writing of Knowledge: Interpreting the True Form Charts of the Man-Bird Mountain in Taoism. Religions 13, no. 11: 1128". Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. Retrieved 20 July 2023"© 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Steavu, Dominic, "Paratextuality, Materiality, and Corporeality in Medieval Chinese Religions", [1] (Archive).
^ Yang Zhaohua, “Devouring Impurities: Myth, Ritual and Talisman in the Cult of Ucchus.ma in Tang China” (PhD dissertation, Stanford University, 2013), 267–268.
^ James Robson, “Signs of Power: Talismanic Writing in Chinese Buddhism,” History of Religions 48:2 (2008), especially 135–139, and 167; and Gil Raz, The Emergence of Daoism: Creation of Tradition (London: Routledge, 2012), 139–143.
^ Ge Zhaoguang (葛兆光), Zhongguo zongjiao yu wenxue lunji (中國宗教與文學論集), 57, cited in Yang, “Devouring Impurities,” 269. Similarly, Brigitte Baptandier, “Le Tableau talismanique de l'Empereur de Jade, Construction d'un objet d'écriture,” L’Homme 129 (1994): 59–92, argues that while talismanic diagrams are not intended to be read according to habitual linguistic conventions, through their symbols and script, they narrate mythologies and histories (among other things) and are therefore decipherable if not legible. However, she focuses on contemporary applications of talismans-diagrams that date from a more recent time when Daoism, especially in its more vernacular incarnations, was less concerned with establishing legitimacy and thus not as inclined to emphasise illegibility; see also Yang, “Devouring Impurities,” 269.

Redirects[edit]

#REDIRECT [[True form (Taoism)]]

[Cai-Linbo-2022-1] Linbo Cai (21 November 2022). "The Sacred Writing of Knowledge: Interpreting the True Form Charts of the Man-Bird Mountain in Taoism. Religions 13, no. 11: 1128". Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. Retrieved 20 July 2023"© 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[Steavu-Paratextuality-Materiality-and-Corporeality-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Steavu, Dominic, "Paratextuality, Materiality, and Corporeality in Medieval Chinese Religions", [1] (Archive).

[3] Yang Zhaohua, “Devouring Impurities: Myth, Ritual and Talisman in the Cult of Ucchus.ma in Tang China” (PhD dissertation, Stanford University, 2013), 267–268.

[4] James Robson, “Signs of Power: Talismanic Writing in Chinese Buddhism,” History of Religions 48:2 (2008), especially 135–139, and 167; and Gil Raz, The Emergence of Daoism: Creation of Tradition (London: Routledge, 2012), 139–143.

[5] Ge Zhaoguang (葛兆光), Zhongguo zongjiao yu wenxue lunji (中國宗教與文學論集), 57, cited in Yang, “Devouring Impurities,” 269. Similarly, Brigitte Baptandier, “Le Tableau talismanique de l'Empereur de Jade, Construction d'un objet d'écriture,” L’Homme 129 (1994): 59–92, argues that while talismanic diagrams are not intended to be read according to habitual linguistic conventions, through their symbols and script, they narrate mythologies and histories (among other things) and are therefore decipherable if not legible. However, she focuses on contemporary applications of talismans-diagrams that date from a more recent time when Daoism, especially in its more vernacular incarnations, was less concerned with establishing legitimacy and thus not as inclined to emphasise illegibility; see also Yang, “Devouring Impurities,” 269.

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