Fifteen Discourses on Establishing the Teaching is the foundational treatise of Wang Chongyang, founder of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism, setting out its core teaching in the founder's own words rather than a later summary. Its strength is exactly that direct founding authority. Its limit, named honestly rather than guessed at, is that the work cannot be precisely dated: it was composed sometime in the 1160s or 1170s, and no publisher or url exists for a text of this age and manuscript transmission; a scholarly annotated translation should be consulted for that basis.
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Fifteen Discourses on Establishing the Teaching, the foundational treatise of Wang Chongyang, founder of the Quanzhen school of Daoism, the top tier reflecting that it is the founder's own words setting out the school's core teaching rather than a later summary, notwithstanding that the work cannot be precisely dated, composed sometime in the 1160s or 1170s, and carries no publisher or url for a text of this age and manuscript transmission. NotesNo year given: composed in the 1160s or 1170s, and not precisely datable.
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AuthorWang Chongyang
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This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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