Nèidān 內丹 Training According to the Qiānfēng 千峰 (Thousand Peaks) Sub-Lineage: Niú Jīnbǎo's 牛金寶 (1915–1988) Methods in Nine Stages

Abstract:This article examines the nèidān training regimen advocated by Niú Jīnbǎo 牛金寶 (Xuánjīn 玄金 [Mysterious Gold]; 1915–1988), an influential modern lay Daoist practitioner. Niú was a senior disciple and formal lineage-successor of Zhào Bìchén 趙避塵 (Shùnyī 順一 [Accordant Unity]; 1860–1942), author of the influential Xìngmìng fǎjué míngzhǐ 性命法訣明指 (Illuminating Pointers to the Methods and Instructions of Innate Nature and Life-Destiny). Zhào is best known as the founder of Qiānfēng pài 千峰派 (Thousand Peaks Lineage), a sub-lineage of the Wǔ-Liǔ 伍柳 sub-lineage of the Lóngmén 龍門 (Dragon Gate) lineage of Quánzhēn 全真 (Complete Perfection) Daoism. In this study, I begin with a discussion of Qiānfēng pài, including an overview of nèidān training according to the Xìngmìng fǎjué míngzhǐ. I then explore the life of Niú Jīnbǎo and his lineage connection to Zhào. This is followed by a summary of Niú's "Jiǔbù gōngfǎ" 九步功法 (Methods in Nine Stages). The core of the study is a bilingual, annotated Chinese-English translation of Niú's major composition, namely, thirteen poems on Daoist internal alchemy.摘要:本文探討具有影響力的現代道教居士牛金寶（玄金；1915–1988）倡導的內丹修煉。牛金寶是趙避塵（順一；1860–1942）的高級弟子和正式繼承人。趙避塵出名的主要緣故應是他為千峰派的祖師與《性命法訣明旨》的作者。千峰派是道教全真道龍門派的伍柳派的一個支派。在這項研究中，作者首先討論千峰派，包括根據《性命法訣明指》的內丹修煉作法。然後又探索牛金寶的生平和他與趙避塵的聯繫，接下來提供牛氏九步功法的總結。本研究的核心乃牛金寶的道教內丹十三詩的漢英翻譯與註釋。