Essential bibliography of Taoist studies

You can find many titles on Taoism in our pages on the Taoist Canon and on women scholars and in our bookstore; this bibliography aims to unify and complete these citations and bring to your attention more essential studies on Taoism - their English editions, if available. For better legibility there are no links from this page.

A Survey of Taoist Literature: Tenth to Seventeenth Century, Berkeley, University of California, 1987.

CHAN, Wing-tsit, The Way of Lao Tzu. A Translation and Study of the Tao-te Ching, New York, Bobbs-Merril, 1963.

GRAHAM, A. C., The Book of Lieh-tsu. A New Translation, London, Murray, 1960.

GRAHAM, A. C., Chuang-tzu: The Seven Inner Chapters and Other Writings from the Book Chuang-tzu, London, George Allen and Unwin, 1981.

KALTENMARK, Max, Lao Tzu and Taoism, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1969.

KOHN, Livia, Early Chinese Mysticism: Philosohy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1992.

KOHN, Livia and SAKADE, Yoshinobu (eds), Taoist meditation and longevity techniques, Ann Arbor, Unversity of Michigan, 1989.

KOHN, Livia and LAFARGUE, Michael (eds), Lao-Tzu and the Tao-Te-Ching, 1998.

LAGERWEY, John, Taoist Ritual in Chinese Society and History, New York, MacMillan, 1987.

ROBINET, Isabelle, La révélation du Shangqing dans l'histoire du taoïsme, Paris, Ecole Française d'Extreme Orient, 1984.

ROBINET, Isabelle, Taoism: Growth of a Religion, 1997.

SCHIPPER, Kristofer M., Le corps taoiste, Paris, Fayard, 1982.

SEIDEL, Anna, Taoismus, die inoffizielle Hochreligion Chinas, Tokyo, OAG Aktuell, 1990.

STRICKMANN, Michel, Le Taoisme du Mao Chan: chronique d'une révelation, Paris, Institute des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, 1981.

WELCH, Holmes and SEIDEL, Anna (eds), Facets of Taoism: Essays in Chinese Religions, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1979.

 

Home Guides Tools Books News Weather About us

Sinophilia was born in 1998 as a meeting-point for China-lovers. In these years we have managed to build a database of essential information on the Chinese culture, adding here and there a few more specific essays on Chinese art, history, language and religions, and some useful tools.

Feel free to send us your comments and contributions!