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
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