Volume 16, 2023

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

Being One with Dao: The Emergent Notion of Freedom in Early Chinese Cosmological Texts

Katerina Gajdosova

pp. 1-18

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Embodying Heaven: The Ancient Philosophy of Dance in China

Christina Panera

pp. 19-40

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Virtue and Its Traces: Guo Xiang's Commentary on the Legendary Sage-Kings in the Zhuangzi

Qianqian Wei

pp. 41-56

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Transcendence in Xi Kang's Poetry

Xin Shirley Yang

pp. 57-80

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The Origin of The Secret of the Golden Flower: Sources and Translations

Massimo Izzo

pp. 81-104

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Explosion into Emptiness: Daoist Reverberations in the Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Taliesin Thomas

pp. 105-126

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Taijiquan: A Daoist Contemplative Practice as a Model of Holistic Education

Jin Young Lim

pp. 127-152

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Forum on Contemporary Practice

Embodied Sciences of the Ancients: The Self as Laboratory

Roger Jahnke

pp. 155-175

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Tea Mind: Living the Way of Tea

Solala Towler

pp. 176-180

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Cultivating the Flood-Like Qi

Shuen-Fu Lin, Andrew G. Lin

pp. 181-192

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Daoist Women's Experience: Through the Lens of Victor Turner

Jeffrey W. Dippmann

pp. 193-202

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Happy Fish, Blind Men and an Elephant

Mark Saltveit

pp. 203-207

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News of the Field

Publications

pp. 211-219

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dao.2023.0012

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Making the Gods Speak: The Ritual Production of Revelation in Chinese History by Vincent Goossaert (review)

Steve Jackowicz

pp. 219-221

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Research Projects

pp. 222-225

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Online Resources

p. 226

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Conferences

pp. 226-228

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Contributors

pp. 229-231

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