White Cloud View

A monastery (head temple) of the Longmen sect of Quanzhenism that still exists in Beijing, China. In the ancient Jin dynasty, it was called Tian Changguan, and from the end of the reign of Emperor Shizong (1161-1189), it was associated with Quanzhen founder Wang Yan (Chongyang) and Changchun Zhenjin (Zhenjin Qiu Changchun). Qiu Changchun, who was personally appointed by the founder of the Yuan dynasty, lived here and renovated it, renaming it Changchun Palace. It was abolished with the fall of the Yuan dynasty, but after Qiu Changchun's death, it was renamed Baiyunguan after the name of the residence of Yin Zhiping, who succeeded him as chief priest, and Qiu Changchun's grave was placed there. The current Baiyun Temple was relocated and renovated after the Ming dynasty, and housed Taoist priests from all over the country as the Jippo Sorin, where they were given precepts and qualifications. It was known as one of the leading Taoist temples housing the orthodox Ming version of the Taoist Library, but after the revolution it was converted into a barracks. Repairs began in 1981, and it has been open to the public since 1983.

[Mizuho Sawada May 21, 2018]

"Kishida Koyanagi, "White Cloud Views - With a Record of the Togaku Shrine" (1934, Tokyo Institute of Oriental Culture)" ▽ "Yoshioka Yoshitoyo, "Studies on Taoism" (1952, Hozokan)"

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中国、北京(ペキン)に現存する全真教竜門派の叢林(そうりん)（総本山）。古く金代では天長観と称し、世宗の大定（1161～1189）の末年から全真教の開祖王嚞(おうてつ)（重陽(ちょうよう)）や長春真人(ちょうしゅんしんじん)（真人丘長春(きゅうちょうしゅん)）などの祖師たちと関係があった。元の太祖に親任された丘長春がこれに住して改修し、長春宮と改称。元の滅亡により廃絶していたが、丘長春の没後、掌教の職を継いだ尹志平(いんしへい)の居所の名にちなみ白雲観とよばれ、丘長春の墓を置いた。現在の白雲観は明(みん)代以降に位置を移して修築されたもので、十方叢林(じっぽうそうりん)として各地から集まる道士を収容し、戒壇(かいだん)を設け授戒をして資格を与えた。明の正統版道蔵(どうぞう)をもつ屈指の大道観として知られたが、革命後は兵営に転用されていたのを、1981年から修理に着手、1983年より一般にも開放されている。

［澤田瑞穂　2018年5月21日］

『小柳司氣太著『白雲観志――附東嶽廟志』（1934・東方文化学院東京研究所）』▽『吉岡義豊著『道教の研究』（1952・法蔵館）』

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