The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1031 page)

Huai-nan Tzu
.

Chinese work of the 2nd cent. BCE, written and compiled by scholars of the court of Liu-an, prince of Huai-nan. It summarizes the main philosophies and schools, but proclaiming the superiority of Taoism.

 
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(Chin., ‘allowing semen to return’). The control of semen, especially the prevention of ejaculation, as a redistribution of power in the body, a prelude to meditation in Taoism.

 
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Huang-chin
(yellow cloth worn by Tao group)
:

see
CHANG CHÜEH
.

 
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(Chin., ‘yellow springs’). The underworld to which, in Taoism, yin-weighted souls descend after death. See further
P'O
.

 
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(Chin., ‘ancient yellow Lord’). Taoist deity, and principal god of
T'ai-ping tao
. Originally compounded from Huangti (one of the legendary emperors—the Yellow Emperor—and four founders of religious Taoism,
tao-chiao
and
Lao-tzu
, he is the ruler of the world who appears in numerous incarnations of Taoist teachers to maintain the understanding of Tao.

 
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1002–69).
Ch'an/Zen master of the
Rinzai
school. He was the dharma-successor (
hassu
) of Shih-huang Ch'u-yüan, and founder of the
ry
school of Zen within the Rinzai tradition. It was the first school of Zen to be carried from China to Japan and taught by way of the three barriers
(Jap.,
sankan
), in the style of
k
ans
.
ry
is one of the Seven Schools (
goke-shichish
) of Ch’an/Zen, but it died out in both China and Japan after a few generations.