Volume 1, 2008

The Journal of Daoist Studies is an annual publication dedicated to the scholarly exploration of Daoism in all its different dimensions. Each issue has three main parts: Academic Articles on history, philosophy, art, society, and more (limit 8,500 words); Forum on Contemporary Practice on issues of current activities both in China and other parts of the world (limit 5,000 words); and News of the Field, presenting publications, dissertations, conferences and websites.

Articles

Laozi’s Eclipse and Comeback: The Narrative Frame of the Benji jing

Friederike Assandri

pp. 1-27

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Do Immortals Kill?: The Controversy Surrounding Lü Dongbin

Stephen Eskildsen

pp. 28-66

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Mapping the Daoist Body, Part One: The Neijing tu in History

Louis Komjathy

pp. 67-92

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Stress Management and the Zhuangzi

Robert Santee

pp. 93-123

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Establishing the Altar: The Realized Writ of the Announcement Rite in the Grand Jiao1

James D. Sellmann

pp. 124-141

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Forum on Contemporary Practice

Profile of a Quanzhen Doctor: Abbot Huang Zongsheng of Wuhan’s Monastery of Eternal Spring

Xun Liu

pp. 145-160

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Portrait of an American Daoist: Charles Belyea / Liu Ming

Scott P. Phillips

pp. 161-176

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Daoists on the Southern Marchmount

Robin R. Wang

pp. 177-180

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How I Became a Daoist Priest

Michael Rinaldini

pp. 181-187

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Grand Offering in Hong Kong

Livia Kohn

pp. 188-191

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Field Notes: Taoist Tai Chi Society & Fung Loy Kok Temple

Elijah Siegler

pp. 192-194

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Daoist Neidan: Lineage and Secrecy Challenges for Western Adepts

Michael Winn

pp. 195-199

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News of the Field

Publications

pp. 203-208

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Dissertations

pp. 209-211

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Conferences

pp. 212-221

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Web Resources

pp. 221-222

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Foundations

pp. 222-223

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Science on Qi

pp. 223-226

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Notes on Contributors

pp. 227-228

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