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List of illustrations ix
Dynastic chart x
Pronunciation guide xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Map of China xiv
Introduction: background to Daoism 1
Shang ancestors and divination 1
The Yijing 4
Philosophical schools 8
Confucianism 11
Part I Foundations 17
1 The Dao that can't be told 19
The text of the Daode jing 19
The Dao 23
Creation and decline 25
The sage 26
Interpreting the Daode jing 28
Lord Lao 31
Ritual applications 34
2 At ease in perfect happiness 39
The Zhuangzi 39
The world of Zhuang Zhou 42
The ideal life 45
Poetic adaptations 46
The Zen connection 49
3 From health to immortality 52
Body energetics 52
Qi cultivation 54
Healing exercises 56
Magical practitioners and immortals 61
4 Cosmos, gods, and governance 66
Yin and Yang 67
The five phases 68
The Chinese calendar 71
Deities, demons, and divine rulers 72
The ideal of Great Peace 78
Part II Development 83
5 Major schools of the middle ages 85
Celestial Masters 86
Highest Clarity 87
Numinous Treasure 89
The theocracy 91
The Three Caverns 92
State religion 96
6 Ethics and community 100
The celestial connection 100
Millenarian structures 103
Self-cultivation groups 106
Lay organizations 107
Daoist art 110
The monastic life 111
7 Creation and the pantheon 116
Creation 116
Spells, charts, and talismans 120
Heavens and hells 124
Gods, ancestors, and immortals 127
8 Religious practices 132
Longevity techniques 133
Breath and sex 136
Meditation 138
Visualization 140
Body transformation 142
Ritual activation 145
Part III Modernity 151
9 Modern Daoism 153
New texts and gods 154
Ritual masters 156
Completeperfection 158
Imperial adaptations 161
An expanded pantheon 164
10 Reaching for the Dao 171
Trance practices 172
Internal alchemy 174
Healing and martial arts 177
Philosophical speculation 181
Vernacular novels 183
11 Daoism in China today 188
Recent developments 189
Structure and administration 190
Daoist lives 193
Ritual activities 196
The qiqong connection 201
12 Western adaptations 205
Transmission in East Asia 206
Western apperception 208
Temples and communities 212
Health practices 215
Part IV Reflections 221
13 The nature and study of Daoism 223
Key characteristics 223
Evolution of study 226
Current trends 228
Activities and resources 232
Appendix 1 Chronology of Daoist history 238
Appendix 2 The Daoist canon 246
Glossary 251
Index 271
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reviewed Introducing Daoism on January 30, 2021
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