Synoptic Table of Contents
I. OVERVIEW
DEFINITIONS
daojia
daojiao
LINEAGES AND TRADITIONS
Lineages
Transmission
Initiation
Ordination and priesthood
Syncretism
SCRIPTURES AND TEXTS
Revelations and sacred texts
Scripture and exegesis
Daozang and subsidiary compilations
sandong
fu
lu
Hagiography
Epigraphy
COSMOGONY AND COSMOLOGY
Cosmogony
Cosmology
Macrocosm and microcosm
Numerology
DEITIES AND SPIRITS
Deities: The pantheon
Demons and spirits
Otherworldly bureaucracy
Hell
SACRED SITES
Taoist sacred sites
VIEWS OF THE HUMAN BEING
Taoist views of the human body
Inner deities
Birth
Death and afterlife
Rebirth
Transcendence and immortality
VIEWS OF HUMAN SOCIETY
Messianism and millenarianism
Apocalyptic eschatology
Ethics and morals
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
Monasticism
Monastic code
Temples and shrines
Taoist lay associations
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
Asceticism
Divination, omens, and prophecy
Magic
Meditation and visualization
Mysticism
Seasonal observances
Taoist music
TAOISM AND CHINESE RELIGION AND THOUGHT
Taoism and Chinese mythology
Taoism and early Chinese religion
Taoism and early Chinese thought
Taoism and the apocrypha
Taoism and Confucianism
Taoism and Neo-Confucianism
Taoism and Chinese Buddhism
Taoism and popular religion
Taoism and popular sects
Taoism and local cults
Taoism and medium cults
Taoism and ancestor worship
TAOISM AND CHINESE SOCIETY
Taoism and the state
Taoism and the civil service examinations
Taoism and local communities
Taoism and secret societies
Women in Taoism
Taoism in the People's Republic of China
TAOISM AND CHINESE CULTURE
Taoism and Chinese literature
Taoism and Chinese theatre
Taoism and Chinese art
Taoism and the military arts
TAOISM OUTSIDE CHINA
Taoism and the Yao people
Taoism in the Korean peninsula
Taoism in Japan
II. THE TAOIST UNIVERSE
1. DOCTRINAL NOTIONS
bianhua
Dao
de
dong and jing
fan
gushen
hundun
ji
jing, qi, shen
qingjing
sanyi
sanyuan
ti and yong
tianxin
wu and you
wuji and taiji
wuwei
xiang
xiantian and houtian
xin
xing
xing and ming
xinzhai
xuan
xuanpin
yi [intention]
yi [oneness]
Yin and Yang
yuanqi
zaohua
ziran
2. TRANSCENDENCE AND IMMORTALITY
shengren
shenren
xianren
zhenren
lianxing
shijie
3. TAOIST THOUGHT
EARLY TEXTS
Daode jing
Yan Zun
Laozi Xiang'er zhu
Laozi Heshang gong zhangju
Wang Bi
Huainan zi
Liezi
Neiye
Zhuangzi
Guo Xiang
Cheng Xuanying
COMMENTARIES TO EARLY TEXTS
Cheng Xuanying
Guo Xiang
Laozi Heshang gong zhangju
Laozi Xiang'er zhu
Wang Bi
Yan Zun
LATER TRADITIONS
Chongxuan
qingtan
Xuanxue
LATER AUTHORS
Chen Tuan
Li Rong
Shao Yong
Xi Kang
LATER TEXTS (see also Taoism and Chinese Buddhism: Texts)
Huashu
Wenzi
Wuneng zi
Xisheng jing
Xuanzhu xinjing
Yuanqi lun
4. COSMOS AND COSMOLOGY
COSMOLOGICAL EMBLEMS
bagua
beidou
ganzhi
jiugong
sanwu
siling
tianmen and dihu
wuxing
xiu
zi
TEXTS AND CHARTS
Hetu and Luoshu
Taiji tu
Yijing
5. HEAVEN AND EARTH
HEAVENS AND CELESTIAL PALACES
Daluo tian
jiutian
sanshi'er tian
sanshiliu tian
SACRED GEOGRAPHY
dongtian and fudi
Fengdu
Kunlun
Penglai
wuyue
TEXTS
Dongming ji
Shizhou ji
Wuyue zhenxing tu
6. DEITIES
MAJOR TAOIST DEITIES
Laozi and Laojun
Hunyuan shengji
Kaitian jing
Laojun bashiyi hua tu
Laozi bianhua jing
Laozi ming
Youlong zhuan
Beidi
Beidou xingjun
Changsheng dadi
Dongyue dadi
Doumu
Heisha
Jinque dijun
Jiuku tianzun
Puhua tianzun
sanguan
sanhuang
sanqing
Taiyi
Yuhuang
Zhenwu
OTHER DIVINE BEINGS
Baosheng dadi
Bixia yuanjun
Fengbo
Hebo
Hong'en zhenjun
Huangdi
Leishen
Linshui furen
Mazu
Qingtong
Siming
Wang lingguan
Wen Qiong
Wenchang
Xiwang mu
Xuannü
yunü
Yushi
GODS OF POPULAR RELIGION
caishen
Ceshen
Chenghuang
Guan Yu
menshen
Tudi gong
wangye
wenshen
yaowang
Zaoshen
TEXTS
Han Wudi neizhuan
Wenchang huashu
7. IMMORTALS AND HAGIOGRAPHY
IMMORTALS
Anqi sheng
baxian
Chisong zi
Dongfang Shuo
Fei Changfang
Gan Ji
Gengsang zi
Guangcheng zi
Guigu zi
Liu Haichan
Lü Dongbin
Qinyuan chun
Taiyi jinhua zongzhi
Lüzu quanshu
Magu
Maming sheng
Maojun
Pengzu
Rong Cheng
Su Lin
Su Yuanming
Wang Xuanfu
Wang Yuan
Wangzi Qiao
Wei Huacun
Xu Fu
Xu Jia
Xu Xun
Yin Changsheng
Yin Xi
Yue Zichang
Zhang Guolao
Zhang Sanfeng
Zhongli Quan
Ziyang zhenren
Zuo Ci
HAGIOGRAPHIES OF LAOZI (LAOJUN)
Hunyuan shengji
Kaitian jing
Laojun bashiyi hua tu
Laozi bianhua jing
Laozi ming
Youlong zhuan
OTHER HAGIOGRAPHIC TEXTS AND COMPILATIONS
Chunyang Lü zhenren wenji
Lüzu quanshu
Daoxue zhuan
Dongxian zhuan
Liexian zhuan
Lishi zhenxian tidao tongjian
Nanyue jiu zhenren zhuan
Sandong qunxian lu
Shenxian zhuan
Soushen ji
Xianyuan bianzhu
Xu xianzhuan
Xuanpin lu
Yongcheng jixian lu
8. THE HUMAN BEING
INNER LOCI AND COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN BEING
bajing
dantian
dumai and renmai
hun and po
jingluo
mingmen
mingtang
niwan
qixue
sanguan
wuzang
xuanguan
CHARTS OF THE INNER BODY
Neijing tu and Xiuzhen tu
9. ETHICS AND MORALS
NOTIONS AND TERMS
chengfu
jie [precepts]
TEXTS
Laojun shuo yibai bashi jie
Taishang ganying pian
Xiang'er jie
10. TEMPLES, ABBEYS, SHRINES
Baiyun guan [Beijing]
Chaotian gong [Beijing]
Dongxiao gong [Dadi shan]
Dongyue miao [Beijing]
Louguan [Zhouzhi, Shaanxi]
Pantao gong [Beijing]
Qingyang gong [Chengdu]
Shangqing gong [Longhu shan]
Taiqing gong [Bozhou, Henan]
Tongbo guan [Tiantai shan]
Tongdao guan [1. Chang'an; 2. Mount Zhongnan]
Xuandu guan [Chang'an]
Xuanmiao guan [Suzhou]
Yongle gong [Ruicheng, Shanxi]
Yulong wanshou gong [Xishan]
RELATED NOTIONS AND TERMS
daoyuan
11. MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN MONOGRAPHS
MOUNTAINS
Emei shan
Gezao shan
Heming shan
Hengshan [Hunan]
Nanyue jiu zhenren zhuan
Nanyue xiaolu
Nanyue zongsheng ji
Hengshan [Shanxi]
Huashan
Huoshan
Laoshan
Longhu shan
Luofu shan
Lushan
Maoshan
Maoshan zhi
Nanyue
Qingcheng shan
Songshan
Taishan
Tiantai shan
Wangwu shan
Wudang shan
Wuyi shan
Xishan
MOUNTAIN MONOGRAPHS
Maoshan zhi
Nanyue jiu zhenren zhuan
Nanyue xiaolu
Nanyue zongsheng ji
12. TEXTUAL CORPORA AND LITERARY GENRES
TAOIST CANON
Da Jin Xuandu baozang
Da Song Tiangong baozang
Sandong qionggang
Wanli xu daozang
Xuandu baozang
Zhenghe Wanshou daozang
Zhengtong daozang
OTHER COLLECTANEA
Daozang jinghua
Daozang jinghua lu
Daozang jiyao
Daozang xubian
Zhuang-Lin xu daozang
Zangwai daoshu
CATALOGUES
Daozang mulu xiangzhu
Daozang quejing mulu
Lingbao jingmu
Sandong jingshu mulu
MANUSCRIPTS
Dunhuang manuscripts
Guodian manuscripts
Mawangdui manuscripts
Yinqueshan manuscripts
LITERARY GENRES
baojuan
shanshu
yulu
III. HISTORY
1. PRE-HAN AND HAN BACKGROUND
fangji
fangshi
Huang-Lao
Li Hong
taiping
Taiping jing
Yellow Turbans
Zhang Liang
zhongmin
2. TIANSHI DAO
Tianshi dao
Wudoumi dao
HAN-DYNASTY CELESTIAL MASTERS
Zhang Daoling
Zhang Heng
Zhang Lu
TEXTS
Chisong zi zhangli
Han tianshi shijia
Laozi Xiang'er zhu
Nüqing guilü
Santian neijie jing
Shangqing huangshu guodu yi
Xuandu lüwen
Zhengyi fawen jing
Zhengyi weiyi jing
RELATED NOTIONS AND TERMS
chu
heqi
jijiu
sanhui
tianshi
zhi [parishes]
3. SIX DYNASTIES COMMUNITIES AND CULTS (220-581)
COMMUNITIES AND CULTS
Bojia dao
Dacheng
Lijia dao
Louguan pai
PERSONS
Bao Jing
Fan Changsheng
Ge Hong
Baopu zi
Shenxian zhuan
Ge Xuan
Kou Qianzhi
Laojun yinsong jiejing
Li Xiong
Sun En
Zheng Yin
TEXTS
Baopu zi
Dongyuan shenzhou jing
Laojun yinsong jiejing
Sanhuang wen
Wushang biyao
Wuyue zhenxing tu
4. SHANGQING
Shangqing
SAINTS AND IMMORTALS
Maojun
Su Lin
Wang Yuan
Wei Huacun
Ziyang zhenren
PERSONS
Sun Youyue
Tao Hongjing
Zhengao
Dengzhen yinjue
Zhenling weiye tu
Yang Xi
TEXTS
Basu jing
Ciyi jing
Dadong zhenjing
Dengzhen yinjue
Housheng daojun lieji
Jiuzhen zhongjing
Lingshu ziwen
Shangqing dao leishi xiang
Siji mingke jing
Suling jing
Taidan yinshu
Taixiao langshu
Zhengao
Zhenling weiye tu
RELATED NOTIONS AND TERMS
housheng
5. LINGBAO
Lingbao
PERSONS
Ge Chaofu
Lu Xiujing
Lingbao jingmu
Sandong jingshu mulu
Lingbao shoudu yi
Daomen kelüe
TEXTS
Buxu ci
Daomen kelüe
Duren jing
Ershisi sheng tu
Lingbao shoudu yi
Lingbao wufu xu
Shengshen jing
Wupian zhenwen
RELATED NOTIONS AND TERMS
lingbao
dafan yinyu
pudu
6. SUI, TANG, AND FIVE DYNASTIES
PERSONS
Du Guangting
Daojiao lingyan ji
Lidai chongdao ji
Yongcheng jixian lu
He Zhizhang
Huang Lingwei
Huanzhen xiansheng
Li Ao
Li Chunfeng
Li Hanguang
Li Quan
Luo Gongyuan
Lüqiu Fangyuan
Nie Shidao
Pan Shizheng
Shi Jianwu
Sima Chengzhen
Fuqi jingyi lun
Zuowang lun
Sun Simiao
Cunshen lianqi ming
Sheyang zhenzhong fang
Taiqing danjing yaojue
Wang Bing
Wang Yuanzhi
Wu Yun
Shenxian kexue lun
Ye Fashan
Yin Wencao
Zhang Wanfu
Zhang Zixiang
Zhao Guizhen
TEXTS
Daodian lun
Daojiao lingyan ji
Daojiao yishu
Fengdao kejie
Lidai chongdao ji
Sandong zhunang
Shenxian kexue lun
Wudou jing
Xuanmen dayi
Yiqie daojing yinyi
7. SONG, JIN, AND YUAN MOVEMENTS, CULTS, AND CODIFICATIONS
JINGMING DAO
Jingming dao
Liu Yu
Jingming zhongxiao quanshu
LEIFA
leifa
Lei Shizhong
Mo Qiyan
Sa Shoujian
Wang Weiyi
LINGBAO DAFA
Lingbao dafa
Ning Benli
Lingbao lingjiao jidu jinshu
Lingbao wuliang duren shangjing dafa
Shangqing lingbao dafa
QINGWEI
Qingwei
Huang Shunshen
Qingwei xianpu
SHANGQING
Liu Hunkang
Zhu Ziying
SHENXIAO
Shenxiao
Lin Lingsu
Wang Wenqing
Gaoshang Shenxiao zongshi shoujing shi
TAIYI JIAO
Taiyi jiao
Xiao Fudao
TIANXIN ZHENGFA
Tianxin zhengfa
Deng Yougong
Rao Dongtian
Tan Zixiao
Taishang zhuguo jiumin zongzhen biyao
TONGCHU
Tongchu
YUTANG DAFA
Lu Shizhong
Xuanjiao
Xuanjiao
ZHEN DADAO
Zhen dadao
Liu Deren
ZHENGYI
Zhengyi
Zhang Jixian
Zhang Keda
Zhang Sicheng
Zhang Zongyan
Wu Quanjie
Zhang Liusun
OTHER PERSONS
Chen Jingyuan
Dong Sijing
Du Daojian
Guo Gangfeng
Lei Siqi
Wang Qinruo
Yisheng baode zhuan
Xiao Yingsou
Xue Jizhao
OTHER TEXTS
Daofa huiyuan
Jinsuo liuzhu yin
Yisheng baode zhuan
Yunji qiqian
Yushu jing
8. QUANZHEN
Quanzhen
PERSONS
Wang Zhe
Chongyang lijiao shiwu lun
Chongyang Quanzhen ji
Liu Chuxuan
Ma Yu
Tan Chuduan
Hao Datong
Qiu Chuji
Changchun zhenren xiyou ji
Sun Bu'er
Wang Chuyi
Ji Zhizhen
Li Daoqian
Qizhen nianpu
Ganshui xianyuan lu
Song Defang
Wang Zhijin
Yin Zhiping
Yu Daoxian
TEXTS
Changchun zhenren xiyou ji
Chongyang lijiao shiwu lun
Chongyang Quanzhen ji
Qizhen nianpu
Ganshui xianyuan lu
Jinlian zhengzong ji
Minghe yuyin
Zhenxian beiji
RELATED NOTIONS AND TERMS
huandu
zuobo
9. MING AND QING
Zhengyi
Zhang Guoxiang
Zhang Yuanxu
Zhang Yuchu
Daomen shigui
Zhang Zhengchang
PERSONS RELATED TO QUANZHEN
Chen Minggui
He Daoquan
PERSONS RELATED TO JINGMING DAO
Liu Yuanran
Shao Yizheng
Zhu Quan
Tianhuang zhidao Taiqing yuce
OTHER PERSONS
Leng Qian
Lin Zhao'en
Lou Jinyuan
Shao Yuanjie
Tao Zhongwen
Zhao Yizhen
TEXTS
Chuzhen jielü
Daomen shigui
Kaixin fayao
Tianhuang zhidao Taiqing yuce
10. CONTEMPORARY TAOISM
Chen Yingning
Yi Xinying
Zhang Enpu
IV. FORMS OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
1. YANGSHENG (Nourishing Life)
yangsheng
PRACTICES
bigu
biqi
buqi
daoyin
fangzhong shu
fuqi
huanjing bunao
lianqi
liuzi jue
qigong
taiji quan
taixi
tiaoqi
tuna
xingqi
zhongxi
TEXTS
Chifeng sui
Taixi jing
Xinyin jing
Yangsheng yaoji
Yangxing yanming lu
RELATED MEDICAL WORKS
Huangdi neijing
Ishinpô
Zhubing yuanhou lun
2. MEDITATION
PRACTICES
bugang
cun
ding
guan
jingzuo
neiguan
shouyi
yuanyou
zuowang
TEXTS
Cunshen lianqi ming
Dingguan jing
Fuqi jingyi lun
Huangting jing
Laozi zhongjing
Qingjing jing
Shangsheng xiuzhen sanyao
Sheyang zhenzhong fang
Tianyin zi
Wuchu jing
Zuowang lun
3. ALCHEMY
jindan
waidan
neidan
nüdan
ZHOUYI CANTONG QI AND RELATED TEXTS
Zhouyi cantong qi
Guwen Zhouyi cantong qi
Longhu jing
Zhouyi cantong qi kaoyi
TAIQING
Taiqing
Jinye jing
Jiudan jing
Taiqing danjing yaojue
Taiqing jing
Taiqing shibi ji
PERSONS RELATED TO WAIDAN
Chen Shaowei
Hugang zi
Li Shaojun
Yuanyang zi
OTHER WAIDAN TEXTS
Danfang jianyuan
Danfang xuzhi
Sanshiliu shuifa
Shiyao erya
ZHENYUAN
Zhenyuan
ZHONG-LÜ
Zhong-Lü
Zhongli Quan
Lü Dongbin
Lingbao bifa
Qinyuan chun
Xishan qunxian huizhen ji
Zhong-Lü chuandao ji
NANZONG AND LATER RELATED AUTHORS AND TEXTS
Nanzong
Zhang Boduan
Bai Yuchan
Chen Nan
Shi Tai
Xue Daoguang
Chen Zhixu
Li Daochun
Miao Shanshi
Peng Si
Weng Baoguang
Yu Yan
Jindan dayao
Jindan sibai zi
Wuzhen pian
Xiuzhen shishu
Zhonghe ji
WU-LIU PAI
Wu-Liu pai
Wu Shouyang
Liu Huayang
Huiming jing
LONGMEN
Longmen
Wang Changyue
Chuzhen jielü
Liu Yiming
Daoshu shi'er zhong
Min Yide
OTHER PERSONS RELATED TO NEIDAN
Chen Xianwei
Dong Dening
Fu Jinquan
Li Xiyue
Liu Zhigu
Lu Xixing
Fanghu waishi
Peng Dingqiu
Peng Haogu
Peng Xiao
Qiu Zhao'ao
Wang Jie
Zhao Bichen
OTHER NEIDAN TEXTS
Chongbi danjing
Daoshu
Fanghu waishi
Guizhong zhinan
Jindan dacheng ji
Ruyao jing
Taiyi jinhua zongzhi
Xingming guizhi
Yinfu jing
RELATED NOTIONS AND TERMS
chushen
dianhua
dinglu
fu [crucible]
huandan
huohou
jinye
langgan
liuyi ni
longhu
muyu
shengtai
shuangxiu
zhan chilong
zhoutian
4. RITUAL
OFFICIANTS
daoshi
daozhang
dujiang
RITUALS
gongde
huanglu zhai
jiao
jinlu zhai
luotian dajiao
pudu
tou longjian
tutan zhai
wenjiao
yulu zhai
zhai
STAGES OF JIAO AND GONGDE RITUALS
baibiao
daochang
fabiao
fang shema
fendeng
guoqiao
jintan
kaitong minglu
muyu
poyu
suqi
tianku
wugong
zhengjiao
TEXTS
Chaotian baochan
Daomen kefan da quanji
Lingbao yujian
Wushang huanglu dazhai licheng yi
Zhaijie lu
RELATED NOTIONS AND TERMS
bianshen
chanhui
chushen
faqi
falu
fashi
gongcao
guanfu
hongtou and wutou
huoju
jiangshen
kaiguang
keyi
liandu
mijue (bijue)
ruyi
sanchao
shoujue
shu
tâng-ki
wuying)
xianglu
xingdao
zhiqian
V. TAOISM AND CHINESE BUDDHISM
PERSONS
Fu Yi
Yixia lun
Gu Huan
Tanluan
TEXTS
Benji jing
Bianzheng lun
Cantong qi
Dasheng miaolin jing
Haikong zhizang jing
Hongming ji
Huahu jing
Xiaodao lun
Xuanzhu lu
Yebao yinyuan jing
Yixia lun
Zhenzheng lun
VI. MISCELLANEOUS TERMS RELATED TO RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND PRACTICES
benming
fuji
gengshen
gui
hanshi san
huoling
jie [kalpa]
jiji ru lüling
jing and jian
jingshi
jinji
jinxiang
liujia and liuding
sanshi and jiuchong
santian and liutian
songjing
Tianpeng zhou
yinsi
zhi [excrescences]
zuodao
VII. ASSOCIATIONS
Nippon dôkyô gakkai
Zhongguo daojiao xiehui