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the main shishi text of the Ming. It exists in various versions, some
with complete illustrations of the ritual proceedings, including charts
of the dual ritual spaces and mudrās.
Yuqie yankou zhuji zuanyao yigui (Ritual
Proceedings Yoga of the Flaming Mouths Annotated Collection),^66
compiled and annotated by the Chan monk Jixian (fl. seventeenth
century). A lengthy ritual text from the early Qing, based on Amogha-
vajra’s ritual works on the Pretamukhāgnijvālayaśarakāra dhāraṇī^67
and possibly other shishi texts as well.^68 This text also features charts
and illustrations, but it is especially significant for its elaborate com-
mentary on virtually all aspects of the ritual proceedings.
Yuqie jiyao shishi yigui (Ritual Proceedings of
Yoga Essentials for Offering Food),^69 authored by the famous Pure
Land and Chan master Zhuhong (1535–1615). This is one of
the most important shishi texts of the late Ming, but it represents a
different tradition than the Yuqie yankou zhuji above. It also follows a
ritual work by Amoghavajra, the Yuqie jiyao jiu Anan tuoluoni yankou
guiyi jing (Ritual Proceedings of
Yogā Essentials of the Pretamukhāgnijvālayaśarakāra dhāraṇī).^70 Most
editions include charts of the mudrās used in the ritual.
Xiushe yuqie jiyao shishi tan yi (Ritual of the
Cultivation and Arrangement of the Yoga Collection’s Essential Offer-
ing of Food at the Altar [for Hungry Ghosts]),^71 also by Zhuhong. This
is an annotated text following the proceedings of ritual set forth in the
above mentioned work.
Vol. 74
Tianji Zhunti sanmei xing fa (Tianji Method
of Practicing Cundī’s Samādhi),^72 compiled by the Tiantai monk Shoud-
(^66) ZZ. 1084.59.
(^67) Cf. T. 1313. On Amoghavajra’s rituals see Orzech, 1994a, 1996b, 2002, and Lye,
2003.
(^68) Such as T. 1318–1321.
(^69) ZZ. 1080.59. See also Lye, “Yuqie Yankou in the Ming-Qing,” in this volume.
(^70) Cf. T. 1318.
(^71) ZZ. 1081.59.
(^72) ZZ. 1481.74.