Taoism (BRILL, 2012)
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 (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" -- 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" 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 (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
Religious Studies in Contemporary China Collection, Taoism gathers together English translations of seventeen articles originally published in the People's Republic of China between 1947 and 2006, and republished together in 2008 as part of an edited volume of representative works in PRC Taoist studies