Shanxi Daily reporter Meng Miao reported that on September 8, the Yongle Palace Mural Protection and Research Institute released a message saying that when the hospital carried out the relocation of the Yongle Palace, it found nearly 100 new ancient books related to the religious activities of the Yongle Palace. Among them, 5 Taoist ordination documents in the Mongolian period and one engraved Taoist scripture or earlier than the same period are extremely precious and of great value for the study of the development of Quanzhen Sect in the Mongolian Yuan period and the reconstruction history of Yongle Palace.
Xi Jiulong of the Yongle Palace Mural Protection Research Institute introduced that after the evaluation of relevant experts, the newly discovered 5 Taoist ordination documents of the Mongolian period and 1 engraved Taoist scripture or earlier than the same period were designated as first-class cultural relics in the collection. They are: "Yuanxing Shangshu Provincial Judge Fu Daoren Zhang Laitong License", "Yuan Emperor Sacred Will Ordinary Degree Ordination (including Cover) Fu Changchun Palace Li Zhenren", "Yuangui by Emperor Fuyinqiu Immortal Gate Man Tongyun Zhenren Sacred Will", "Yuanxing Shangshu Provincial Governor Fu Daoist Zhang Zhidong License", "Yuanxing Shangshu Provincial Governor to Taiping XingguoGuan Guarantee License Template", "Taishang Dong Xuan Lingbao Immeasurable People Shangpin Miaojing".
Among them, the license of Zhang Laitong (1244), the governor of Yuanhang Shangshu Province, the license of Zhang Laitong ,, the governor of Yuan Shaanxi Province, the license of Zhang Zhidong (1245), and the sacred will of YuanGui by Emperor Fuyinqiu Shenxian (1248), respectively, were the identity certificates of the Yuan Dynasty Daoists Zhang Laitong, Zhang Zhidong and Yu Shanqing passing between various regions, and the three licenses were issued between 1244 and 1248 AD, and the style of writing was also quite similar, all of which first quoted the holy will of the imperial court to approve the activities of religious personnel. The reasons for passage and the biography of the licensee are recounted, and finally the guarantor and the issuing agency draw a pledge.
The eye-catching "TaishangDong Xuan LingBao Immeasurable Human Shang Pin MiaoJing", this volume of scriptures only has the remaining half of the volume, when found it is wrapped in hemp paper, the inscription on the paper: "The fragment of this sutra is from the West Kiss of the Roof Ridge of the Chongyang Temple". Also found along with the scriptures is a poplar scroll, presumably used for the binding of the scriptures. Through the preliminary interpretation and analysis of the remaining texts of the scriptures, it was found that at the end of the scriptures, there were inscriptions written by Pan Dechong, Wanyan Zhigu, Han Zhiyuan, and others who presided over the construction of the Yongle Palace, which explained that this sutra was "the case in the beast", but unfortunately the text of the chronology part had been eroded. The main body of the Chongyang Hall was completed before the third year of the Mongol Unification (1262), and its scriptures were placed in the snout before the completion of the main body of the main hall, and its religious significance is very obvious.
Yongle Palace, formerly known as DaChunyang Wanshou Palace, is a large Taoist temple rebuilt by the Quanzhen Sect in Lü Dongbin's hometown during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty with the support of the royal family, and is one of the three ancestral courts of the Quanzhen Sect of Taoism. Because it is located in Yongle Town, commonly known as Yongle Palace, in 1958 due to the construction of the Sanmenxia Reservoir, in order to avoid flooding, it was relocated to the current site as a whole for protection, and in 1961 it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. According to the reconstruction inscription of the Yuan Dynasty, the three halls of Yongle Palace (Sanqing Hall, Pure Yang Hall, and Chongyang Hall) were completed before 1262. Xi Jiulong said that the discovery of the above-mentioned literature has provided rich materials for in-depth study of Taoism in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, especially the Quanzhen Sect's preaching, preaching, and jai-ji system.
(Editor-in-charge: Candy, Ma Yunmei)