Zhouyi Cantongqi / 《周易参同契》

[[ZhouyiCantongqi|《周易参同契》]] is the alchemical text discussed in 87.过年最适合聊玄学！探讨神仙方术发展史（接上集） through [[WeiBoyang|魏伯阳]]. The episode calls it a central early classic for Daoist Alchemy / 道教炼丹, emphasizing its use of hidden terms and symbolic mappings rather than plain laboratory instruction.

The text’s wiki role is to show how alchemy in the source is neither only chemistry nor only fantasy. Terms such as mercury and sulfur can carry material meaning, but they are also embedded in Yi, yin-yang, and five-phase interpretation.

Key Claims

• Alchemical writing can protect or mystify technique through coded vocabulary.
• The source treats the text as a bridge between cosmology and material transformation.
• Its importance lies in how later Daoist alchemy could cite a textual authority.

Connections

• [[WeiBoyang|魏伯阳]] - figure attached to the text in the episode.
• Daoist Alchemy / 道教炼丹, Fangshu Systematization / 方术系统化, and Alchemy-Chemistry Continuity / 炼金术与化学连续性 - interpretive cluster.
• [[GeHong|葛洪]] and [[Baopuzi|《抱朴子》]] - later alchemy and immortality branch.