Essays and Reference Works
- Taoism: A Short Introduction
- This essay examines the main features of Taoism: its roots in the Laozi and the Zhuangzi; the formative period of Taoist religion; the creation of later textual corpora; and the views of the cosmos, the deities, and the human being.
- Index to the Daozang (Taoist Canon)
- An index to the almost 1500 texts in the Zhengtong daozang (Taoist Canon of the Zhengtong Reign Period), providing the title of each text and references to the main published catalogues. [In Chinese.]
- The Taoist Canon: A Guide to Studies and Reference Works
- A bibliographic essay divided into seven sections: (1) General bibliography; (2) Taoist Canon; (3) Surveys of texts; (4) Catalogues; (5) Other collections of Taoist texts; (6) Concordances and indexes; (7) Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Taoism: A Short Bibliography
- A basic bibliography of Western-language studies distributed to the students of my Stanford courses on Taoism.
- Bibliography of Isabelle Robinet
- Isabelle Robinet (1932-2000) was concerned with both Taoist thought and Taoist religion. This bibliography is a small tribute to the memory of a scholar who has given a major contribution to our understanding of Taoism.
- Glossary for Isabelle Robinet, Taoism: Growth of a Religion (compiled by James A. Benn)
- Compiled with the permission of Isabelle Robinet, and published here for free distribution with the permission of the author.