Glossary
Cantong qi 參同契
The "Seal of the Unity of the Three", attributed to Wei Boyang and Han in origin. The founding text of Chinese alchemy, written obscurely enough that both the external and the internal traditions were able to read it as their own charter.
Where this term appears
- PersonWei Boyang
- BookThe Seal of the Unity of the Three: A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi
- BookThe Secret of Everlasting Life: The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality
- BackgroundClassical Alchemy
- BackgroundThe Rise of Neidan
- BackgroundThe Cantong qi
- Timelinec. 2nd – 5th c. CE — The Cantong qi takes shape