In Taoism, as recorded, in the whole of this Individual Universe, there are 8 types of Spiritual Manual (八種會文-天書). Each Manual performing a Special Task in withholding the Upright Teaching of Taoism.
These 8 types of Spiritual Heavenly Manual are known as:
Heavenly Manual(天書)
Immortal & Saints Manual (神書)
Earthly Manual aka Long Wen Feng Zhuan (地書)
Internal Manual (內書)
External Manual (外書)
Ghostly Manual (鬼書)
Chinese Scripture Manual (夏書)
Non-Chinese Scripture Manual (戒夷書)
Heavenly Manual and Immortal & Saints Manual, the 2 Manuals recording the Spiritual Characters of the Heavenly Realm. Each Character representing a meaning such as the Official Addressing term of a level of Heaven known as Na Yin (衲音) or, the Official Title of an Immortal of the Pre-Heavenly Period (先天神明之稱諱). The Characters shown in these 2 Manuals looked like the formation or the outshape of Clouds and this was why, in later part of the Taoist History, such Characters were being addressed as Yun Zhuan aka Cloud Writing (雲篆).
The 3rd type is known as Earthly Manual or Long Wen Feng Zhuan (龍文鳳篆). This Earthly Manual was being recorded to impart the Upright Teaching of Taoism to the Mortals using the formation character of the outlook of Dragons & Phoenixes. As recorded, each of the Character will be able to emit out a form of Strong Energy that could subdue a Dragon or compare to the strength of a Spiritual Phoenix.
The Internal Manual and External Manual were actually referring to the Manual & Skills that had being discovered by Fu Xi aka Master Ba Gua (八卦祖師伏羲) and King Ji Chang (周朝文王姬昌). These 2 types of Manuals being formed using the outlook of Spiritual Creatures in the Water (洛書/龜書) and those Animals that flew in the Sky (鳥書) and crawl on the ground (虎書). Usually such Manuals were being used to perform Spiritual Predictions & Forseen Issues.
Ghostly Manual, a type of characters that being left over by Thunder & Lightening after striking a Living Being to death (雷電擊身之文). Such Characters usually will reveal a form of Teaching for the Living Beings to be more Humble, Compassion & Upright. Besides creating by Thunder & Lightening, some Animals or Creatures are able to create such characters on Mortals too, for eg: Animal-abusing, Killing un-necessarily, etc.
Chinese Character Manual, starting in the Xia Dynasty (夏朝) and this was why, in Taoist History, this type of Manual was being addressed as Xia Shu. Xia Shu, using the characters that created by Mortal to do recording and teaching.
Non-Chinese Scripture Manual, meaning the Tribal recording characters. Usually such characters were being created by Tribal Troup (少數民族) or Non-chinese for easy interaction and teachings.
In the following, you all will be seeing 2 pictures on the Earthly Manual known as Long Wen Feng Zhuan:
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wow great! Can one find those books on the market?
ReplyDeleteYou can only see these Manuals in Taoist Canon aka Dao Zang (道藏) or Yun Ji Qi Qian (雲集七籤)
ReplyDeleteis it possible also in english language
ReplyDeletethis books?
ReplyDeleteFor the moment, not possible to translate all the texts into English or other Languages, especially the mantras/incantation parts. But in the market, in the western countries, there are a minor articles on the translation, maybe you can try online searching for English Translation Taoist Contexts, I'm sure you will be able to find them.
ReplyDeleteThis is an example of Gui Shu (鬼書).
ReplyDeleteThis man was being strike by Thunder not long ago in China Shan Xi Province (陝西省).
After 1 night of resting, on the next morning, strange marks that look like Ancient Carving/Characters appeared all over his body.
Some of the marks do look like Chinese Characters.
More info at http://news.hsw.cn/system/2010/04/23/050492507.shtml
雲篆(天書/神書)之舉例。
ReplyDeleteYun Zhuan, belongs to the 1st 2 category in the Spiritual Manual. This type of Manual will need High Cultivated Priests or Masters to decode it before knowing what is it mend for. A very high skilled job to get involved.
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ReplyDeletein tao always
You are welcomed.
ReplyDeleteThis is an example of Wai Shu aka The External Manual (鳥書之例子).
ReplyDeleteThese Characters were actually being created according to the Behaviour and Attitude of Flying Animals, such as Birds, etc.
Its hard to understand the meaning of the Characters, but if Oneself will to study indepth and compare the Characters with our Chinese Wordings, Oneself might be able to find some similarities.
This is an example of a Wai Shu aka The External Manual (外書之鳥書例子).
ReplyDeleteThese are 4 Niao Shu Character found on a Spear (矛戈) of Spring & Autumn Period (春秋時代).
This is an example of Nei Shu aka The Internal Manual (內書例子之洛書).
ReplyDeleteLuo Shu of Nei Shu, was being founded by Da Yu (大禹), whom saw the special characters stated on the Shell of a giantic tortise while he was trying to cease the Flood (治水).
From the characters, Da Yu matched it with the Olden Record of Fu Xi (伏羲) - who founded the He Tu (河圖) aka Diagram of the River, which both actually fit.
And later part in the History, these 2 diagrams were known as He Tu Luo Shu (河圖洛書).