Poetry Of Quanzhen Daoist Yu Daoxian
Open Access Depositeddidactic, nature, and introspective poems. It shows that Yu Daoxian composed Quanzhen poetry to transmit Quanzhen teachings and cultivation methods, inspire Quanzhen conversion, and expand and consolidate Quanzhen communities. It reveals how he adapted different rhetorical strategies, including didactic messages, allusions to classical Daoist and Buddhist texts, and poetic expressions of inner cultivation and transcendence, to address the concerns and aspirations of diverse audiences and to articulate the Quanzhen worldview. It argues that Yu Daoxian’s poetry functions as both literary expression and religious practice. Furthermore, his poetry offers valuable material that enriches our understanding of Quanzhen Daoism’s cultural and spiritual landscape in the Jin dynasty from the personal perspective of the poet.
Abstract Poetry Of Quanzhen Daoist Yu Daoxian This paper focuses on the Quanzhen poet Yu Daoxian (于道顯, 1169 - 1233) and his poems from the collection Lifeng Laoren Ji (離峰老人集, Collection of Old Man Lifeng), which was preserved in the Daoist Canon during the Ming dynasty. The paper explores Yu Daoxian’s life to provide insights into his own cultivation experiences and others’ commentaries on him. Moreover, through translation and textual analysis, this paper categorizes Yu’s poetry into three categories
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