Jun 27, 2025 © Ulrich Theobald
Qishijing 起世經 "Book of the origin of the world" is a text on prognostication based on meteorological and astronomical phenomena written before the Ming period 明 (1368-1644). It is not listed in ancient bibliographies, but the oldest testimony for the text is the series Shuofu 說郛 from the late 14th century.
Sources:
Chen Xiangming 陳祥明. 2007. "Lüelun yiyijing zai Fodian jiaokan fangmian de zuoyong: Yi Qishijing ji qi yiyi wei li 略論異譯經在佛典校勘方面的作用——以《起世經》及其異譯為例." Taishan Xueyuan xuebao 泰山學院學報 2007 (1): 75-79.
Wu Longhui 吳龍輝, ed. 1994. Zhonghua zajing jicheng 中華雜經集成, vol. 2, 433. Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.