Contents

Introduction

Taoist Studies: Past and Present. A Retrospective and Perspective Analysis of Taoist Studies over a Hundred Years

From Yiqie daojing to Zhonghua daozang—A Retrospective of the Study of the Taoist Textual Heritage

The Apocryphal Jia Section in Taipingjing Chao 太平经钞 [Excerpts from the Scripture of Great Peace]

Lao-tzu, the Tao of Lao-tzu, and the Evolution of Taoism—The Cultural Significance of the “Legend of Lao-tzu Converting the Barbarians 老子化胡说”

Cao Cao and Taoism

The Taoist Concept of the “Six Heavens”

Cheng Xuanying and the Study of the Twofold Mystery

From the Fundamentals of Philosophical Taoism to the Inner Alchemy of Religious Taoism

“Follow and Oppose 顺逆” in Taoist Inner Alchemy and Its Contemporary Interpretation

The Quanzhen School and the Culture of Qilu Region

The Revival of the Longmen Branch of the Quanzhen School in the Qing Dynasty

The Impact of the Taoist Morality Book Taiwei xianjun gongguoge 太微仙君功过格 [Register of Merits and Demerits of the Divine Lord of Great Tenuity]

Abnegating Killing and Cherishing Life

Taoist Philosophy on Environmental Protection

Study of the Medical Elements in Taoist Healing: The Use of Talismans and Incantations

A Comparative Study of the Ritual of the “Three Great Purities”, the “Taiyi Ritual of Sublimation”, and the “Doumu Ritual of Sublimation”—Similarities and Differences between the Taoist Rituals of the Cantonese Region and of the Jiangnan Region

The Theatrical Character of Taoist Rituals

Index