{"id":11887,"date":"2020-04-26T01:59:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T01:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/?page_id=11887"},"modified":"2020-04-26T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T09:34:50","slug":"tai-shangs-treatise-on-action-and-response","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/tai-shangs-treatise-on-action-and-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Tai Shang\u2019s Treatise on Action and Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-offset-key=\"1b0b-0-0\" data-editor=\"1inej\" data-block=\"true\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1b0b-0-0\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"1b0b-0-0\" data-editor=\"1inej\" data-block=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\" data-offset-key=\"1b0b-0-0\">\u592a\u4e0a\u611f\u5e94\u7bc7<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"4sdi8-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\" data-offset-key=\"4sdi8-0-0\">Tai Shang\u2019s Treatise on Action and Response<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"21p9k-0-0\" data-editor=\"1inej\" data-block=\"true\"><span data-offset-key=\"21p9k-0-0\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Commentary by Xing De ( Li Shifu)<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1111.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/tai-shangs-treatise-on-action-and-response\/1111-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1111.jpg?fit=403%2C645&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"403,645\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;WUDANG&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1587897365&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1111\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1111.jpg?fit=403%2C645&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11905\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1111.jpg?resize=403%2C645&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1111.jpg?w=403&amp;ssl=1 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1111.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"21p9k-0-0\" data-editor=\"1inej\" data-block=\"true\"><span data-offset-key=\"1b0b-0-0\">Purple Cloud Institute and Purple Cloud Press (<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/purplecloudinstitute.com\/\">www.purplecloudinstitute.com<\/a><\/span>) are enthusiastically announcing the publication of a small so-called \u2018Book of Merits\u2019 [shan shu \u5584\u4e66] entitled Tai Shang\u2019s Treatise on Action and Response: Commentary by Xing De (Li Shifu) [tai shang gan ying pian \u592a\u4e0a\u611f\u5e94\u7bc7]. It should be emphasized that this contains commentary in Chinese and English with extensive endnotes, but the original text is only in Chinese. Following the requirements of Daoist master Xing De (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveimmortals.com\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">www.fiveimmortals.com<\/span><\/a>) it is made available for free as a pdf download, see link below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-offset-key=\"21p9k-0-0\" data-editor=\"1inej\" data-block=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Tai-Shangs-Treatise-on-Action-and-Response-Commentary-by-Xing-De-1.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiveimmortals.com\/the-eight-great-incantation\/download-pdf-button\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fiveimmortals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Download-PDF-Button.png?fit=1000%2C268&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,268\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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#993300;\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B087LBP1FZ?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"c6d7e-0-0\">\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"9fkme-0-0\">Please share and spread these teachings and transmissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u6148\u60b2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-offset-key=\"c6d7e-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9fkme-0-0\">Ci Bei <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"c6d7e-0-0\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-offset-key=\"9fkme-0-0\">Purple Cloud Press<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u592a\u4e0a\u611f\u5e94\u7bc7 Tai Shang\u2019s Treatise on Action and Response Commentary by Xing De ( Li Shifu) Purple Cloud Institute and Purple Cloud Press (www.purplecloudinstitute.com) are enthusiastically announcing the publication of a small so-called \u2018Book of Merits\u2019 [shan shu \u5584\u4e66] entitled Tai Shang\u2019s Treatise 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