Volume 5, 2012

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

Guodian Laozi and Taiyi Sheng Shui: A Cognitive Science Reading

Jennifer Lundin Ritchie

pp. 1-30

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Rectifying the Deep Structures of the Earth: Sima Chengzhen and the Standardization of Daoist Sacred Geography in the Tang

Lucas Weiss

pp. 31-60

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Nature, Motion, and Stillness: Li Daochun’s Vision of the Three Teachings

Paul Crowe

pp. 61-88

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Two Sides of a Mountain: The Modern Transformation of Maoshan1

Ian Johnson

pp. 89-116

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Alchemy and Martial Arts: Wang Yannian’s Gold Mountain Daoism1

Bede Benjamin Bidlack

pp. 117-138

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Forum on Contemporary Practice

The Biochemistry of Internal Alchemy: Decapitating the Red Dragon

Yves Réquéna

pp. 141-152

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Scoring Daoist Energy: A Rhetoric of Collaboration1

Dylan Bolles, Lynette Hunter

pp. 153-168

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Feldenkrais’ Spontaneous Action and Laozi’s Wuwei

Felix Breuer

pp. 169-183

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Daoist Themes by Female Artists

Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky

pp. 184-201

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The Gourd of Small Penglai: Environmental Ethics in Quanzhen Poetry

Sung-Hae Kim

pp. 202-220

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News of the Field

Publications

pp. 223-236

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Conferences

pp. 236-241

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Research Projects

pp. 242-245

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Science on Qi

pp. 246-248

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Notes on Contributors

pp. 249-250

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