The Daoist Scripture of the Yellow Court
- Date of account
- c. 3rd–4th centuries, with later recensions
- Location
- China
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Huangting jing is a Daoist meditation scripture describing internal divine beings, bodily landscapes, breath practices, and ritualized visualization. It became influential in Shangqing and related traditions and circulated in multiple textual forms, including versions associated with different formats and commentaries. The scripture offers a useful comparison for studying how visionary cosmology becomes an embodied religious discipline. Its traditional attribution and dating are not equivalent to modern authorship, and descriptions of internal gods should be contextualized as doctrinal imagery and practice instructions.
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