...Ursula-Angelika Cedzich The Scripture on Great Peace: The Taiping jing and the Beginnings of Daoism . By Barbara Hendrischke . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 2006 . x , 410 pp. $60.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2009...

...Paul R. Katz Demonic Warfare: Daoism, Territorial Networks, and the History of a Ming Novel . By Mark R. E. Meulenbeld . Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press , 2015 . ix, 288 pp. ISBN: 9780824838447 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2017...

...Kidder Smith Abstract Here's a short version: The “-ism” we invoke when we posit things like “Daoism” was glimpsed for the first time by Sima Tan . (d. 110 b.c.e. ), lord grand astrologer ( taishigong ) to the Han court. His essay “Yaozhi” (Essential points), included in the final chapter of his...

...David Porter Daoism and Anarchism: Critiques of State Autonomy in Ancient and Modern China . By John A. Rapp . London : Continuum International , 2012 . xi, 292 pp. $110.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2013  2013 John Rapp's new book is structured...

...Pierre-Henry de Bruyn Ming Princes and Daoism: Institutional Patronage of an Elite . By Richard G. Wang . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2012 . xxx, 301 pp. $74.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2013  2013 Richard Wang's book on the princely...

... a textual commentary but also a perceptive interpretation of early Daoism's philosophical dimensions. His account allows us to comprehend both Daoism's “philosophical essence” in its diverse historical forms and its continuing potential as an existentially relevant philosophy. After introducing...

...Xun Liu For those teaching and researching the social history of modern Chinese religion and society, this book is a must-read, and it will set a new standard for future scholarship on the subject. Such an approach yields some refreshing perspectives on the history and condition of Daoism...

... on Daoism as an ecclesiastical organization and on its most sophisticated texts and practices, though a good deal of attention is paid to the arguments of Edward Davis about the development of a rapprochement between Daoism and local cults in the Song. In chapter 3, “Festivals in Southeastern China...

... by Peter Nickerson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xviii, 502 pp. $50.00 (cloth). Over the last three decades, Daoism has gradually begun to take its rightful place among the major world religions. This progress has come as the fruit of a concerted effort by Western scholars, building upon...

... high religion. While Creel and others of his generation sought to make clear delineations between a pure philosophical Daoism (daojia) and its degenerate religious offspring (daojiao), contemporary scholarship, particularly in Japan and the West, has largely abandoned such hard-and-fast lines...

...James Miller Michael's book is significant not only for the new information that it reveals about early Daoism but for establishing a framework that can explain the historical evolution of Daoism as a religious tradition. From its inception, Daoism has drawn on mythological accounts of creation...

... of Daoist thought, terms, and symbols in the late imperial period that is sure to be useful to those with interests that reach beyond this novel. One of the great virtues of Zhou's work is that it does not seek to define Daoism as any one set of beliefs or practices. Rather, it recognizes that Daoism...

... differently, may find it helpful RHOADS MURPHEY University of Michigan CHINA Early Daoist Scriptures. By STEPHEN R. B O K E N K A M P , with a contribution by Peter Nickerson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. xviii, 502 pp. $50.00 (cloth). Over the last three decades, Daoism has gradually begun...

...Rebecca Needostup Liu's study covers the context of late Qing and Republican Daoism, the early life of Chen Yingning and his developments in inner alchemic theory and practice, and the formulation of a community of inner alchemic practitioners via halls, monasteries, and publications in Shanghai...

... as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. This article explores the possibility of a virtue ethics in a tradition that has been largely neglected, Chinese Daoism, by focusing on one of the most important classics in this tradition, the Zhuangzi . Contrary to a common misconception of the Zhuangzi as skeptical...

..., has a bias toward Confucianism, dismisses Mozi as shallow and unimportant, interprets Daoism as an incomprehensible, antirational mysticism about the metaphysical absolute Dao, and generally interprets Chinese philosophy against a backdrop of Western presuppositions about mind and language. Hansen's...

... (Discourse on Sitting-in-Forgetfulness; DZ 1036) and associated inscription were not written by Sima Chengzhen 司馬承禎 (647–735), the Twelfth Patriarch of Shangqing 上清 (Highest Clarity) Daoism. She even goes so far as to suggest that the associated inscription may have been written by Liu Moran herself (pp. 88...

... and Daoism by the Confucian scholar Chŏng Tojŏn (1342–98) and a rebuttal of both treatises by the Buddhist monk Hamhŏ Tŭkt'ong (henceforth Kihwa, 1376–1433). This book is fascinating, engaging, and fun to read. Muller has done a superb job translating highly abstract ideas and abstruse terms...

... 2010 Power of Place has much to offer anyone who is interested in Chinese religious history. James Robson employs a place-based methodology, suggesting that a focus on the history of a religious site rather than on the categories of Buddhism, Daoism, or Confucianism can lead to fresh insights...

... revitalized in the 1980s, with no signs of withering away. Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Daoism attract new leaders and followers across all age groups. Various manifestations of folk religion have resurfaced in the wake of the economic reforms. Much of this is not new: religion survived the persistent...