The Secret of the Golden Flower

The Secret of the Golden Flower (Chinese: 太乙金華宗旨; pinyin: Tàiyǐ Jīnhuá Zōngzhǐ) is a Chinese Taoist book on neidan (inner alchemy) meditation, which also mixes Buddhist teachings with some Confucian thoughts.^[1] It was written by means of the spirit-writing (fuji) technique, through two groups, in 1688 and 1692.^[2] After publication of the translation by Richard Wilhelm, with commentary by Carl Gustav Jung, it became modernly popularized among Westerners as a Chinese "religious classic", and is read in psychological circles for analytical and transpersonal psychology considerations of Taoist meditations,^[3]^[4] although it received little attention in the East.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Zhu, Caifang Jeremy (September 2009). "Analytical psychology and Daoist inner alchemy: a response to C.G. Jung's 'Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower'" (PDF). Journal of Analytical Psychology. 54 (4): 493–511. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5922.2009.01799.x. PMID 19765138. S2CID 30771486. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
^ Chi-Tim, Lai (2015). "The Cult of Spirit-Writing in the Qing: The Daoist Dimension". Journal of Daoist Studies. 8: 112–133. doi:10.1353/dao.2015.0005. ISSN 1941-5524. S2CID 78876025. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017.
^ Yuria, Mori (2002-02-28). "Identity and Lineage. The Taiyi jinhua zongzhi and the Spirit-Writing Cult to Patriarch Lü in Qing China". In Kohn, Livia; Roth, Harold D. (eds.). Daoist Identity: History, Lineage, and Ritual. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824825041.
^ Cott, Christopher; Rock, Adam (2011). ""Turning the Light Around" in The Secret of the Golden Flower". In Kohn, Livia (ed.). Living Authentically: Daoist Contributions to Modern Psychology: Daoist Contributions to Modern Psychology. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781931483209.

[:9-1] Zhu, Caifang Jeremy (September 2009). "Analytical psychology and Daoist inner alchemy: a response to C.G. Jung's 'Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower'" (PDF). Journal of Analytical Psychology. 54 (4): 493–511. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5922.2009.01799.x. PMID 19765138. S2CID 30771486. Retrieved 2022-09-10.

[:464-2] Chi-Tim, Lai (2015). "The Cult of Spirit-Writing in the Qing: The Daoist Dimension". Journal of Daoist Studies. 8: 112–133. doi:10.1353/dao.2015.0005. ISSN 1941-5524. S2CID 78876025. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017.

[:1-3] Yuria, Mori (2002-02-28). "Identity and Lineage. The Taiyi jinhua zongzhi and the Spirit-Writing Cult to Patriarch Lü in Qing China". In Kohn, Livia; Roth, Harold D. (eds.). Daoist Identity: History, Lineage, and Ritual. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824825041.

[:0-4] Cott, Christopher; Rock, Adam (2011). ""Turning the Light Around" in The Secret of the Golden Flower". In Kohn, Livia (ed.). Living Authentically: Daoist Contributions to Modern Psychology: Daoist Contributions to Modern Psychology. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781931483209.

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