*Taishang Mifa Zhenzhai Lingfu* — Canonical Daoist House-Pacification Talisman Corpus
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 21_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_VI_v2_9.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Taishang Mifa Zhenzhai Lingfu — Canonical Daoist House-Pacification Talisman Corpus
Section titled “Layer 1: Taishang Mifa Zhenzhai Lingfu — Canonical Daoist House-Pacification Talisman Corpus”Source file:
21_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_VI_v2_9.md
Chinese: 太上秘法鎮宅靈符
Corpus: Zheng统 Daozang, Dongzhen section, Divine Talismans category
Daozang index: no. 86 in a modern Daozang digest
Probable date: post-Tang according to specialist catalogues
Source state: FULL TEXT + FACSIMILE LOCATED
What the canonical source contains
Section titled “What the canonical source contains”Specialist Daoist catalogues describe the work as a one-scroll ritual/talisman manual containing:
- the Xuanji Eight-Trigram diagram;
- seventy-two house-pacifying talismans;
- rites for repelling spirits and malign influences;
- monthly descent days of the deity/powers;
- an offering liturgy;
- forbidden foods associated with the observance.
Ritual purpose
Section titled “Ritual purpose”Transform an inauspicious dwelling into a ritually protected one.
Legendary frame
Section titled “Legendary frame”The text relates the story of Emperor Wen encountering Liu Jinping, who prospered despite living in a geomantically disastrous “Three Foolishnesses” house because two mysterious adepts had transmitted the seventy-two talismans.
Research distinction
Section titled “Research distinction”The legendary Han setting is not the text’s actual date. Specialist catalogues treat the work as considerably later.