Daoism Handbook

Livia Kohn

BRILL, Jan 1, 2000 - Religion - 914 pages

Thirty major scholars in the field wrote this new, authoritative guide to the main features and development of Daoism. The chapters are devoted to either specific periods, or topics such as Women in Daoism, Daoism in Korea and Daoist Ritual Music. Each chapter rigidly deals with a fixed set of aspects, such as history, texts, worldview and practices. Clear markings in the chapters themselves and a detailed index make this volume the most accessible key resource on Daoism past and present.

Contents

• I: xi
• II: 1
• III: 30
• IV: 53
• V: 74
• VI: 109
• VII: 134
• VIII: 165
• IX: 196
• X: 225
• XI: 256
• XII: 283
• XIII: 309
• XIV: 339
• XV: 384
• XVI: 413
• XVIII: 464
• XX: 498
• XXI: 541
• XXII: 567
• XXIII: 594
• XXIV: 623
• XXV: 659
• XXVI: 683
• XXVII: 709
• XXVIII: 747
• XXIX: 765
• XXX: 792
• XXXI: 821

About the author

Livia Kohn, Ph.D. (1980) in Chinese Studies, Bonn University, is Professor of Religious Studies at Boston University. She has published extensively on the Daoist tradition and its mysticism and mythology, including "Early Chinese Mysticism" (1992), "The Taoist Experience" (1993), "Laughing at the Tao" (1995) and "God of the Dao" (1998).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Daoism Handbook; Volume 14 of Handbook of Oriental Studies; Volume 14 of Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China Series; Handbuch der Orientalistik. Vierte Abteilung, China
• Editor: Livia Kohn
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: BRILL, 2000
• ISBN: 9004112081, 9789004112087
• Length: 914 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; Religion / Taoism; Social Science / Human Geography