Cantong qi Zhixu 陳致虛 (1290-ca. 1368) is entitled "Zhouyi cantong qi zhujie" 周易參同契注解 (Commentary and Explication of the "Cantong qi") and dates from ca. 1330. His text is ultimately based on Peng Xiao’s redaction, but contains about four dozen readings that are not documented in earlier extant works (Pregadio 2012:148-56). With the exception of Zhu Xi’s work, all extant commentaries to the "Cantong qi" written through the Yuan period (1279-1368) are related to the Taoist alchemical traditions. During the Ming (1368–1644) and the Qing (1644-1912) dynasties, the "Cantong qi" continued to exert its prestige on Neidan, but its influence also extended to
The First Minute of a New Day The First Minute of a New Day The First Minute of a New Day is an album by American jazz vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson, released in January 1975 on Arista Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in the summer of 1974 at D&B Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was the follow-up to Scott-Heron's and Jackson's critically acclaimed collaboration effort "Winter in America". "The First Minute of a New Day" was the first album to feature "Winter in America", the title track of Scott-Heron's previous album which was not featured on its original LP release.