Reconfiguring Daoist Cultivation ina Video Game A Case Study of AMAZING CULTIVATION SIMULATOR by Yuan, Ye

“…With Amazing Cultivation Simulator (GSQ Studio, CN 2019) as a case study, thisarticle analyses how this video game reconfigures the practice of self-cultivation,which has deep roots in religious Daoism, and how it was inspired by online novels ina contemporary context. The game draws on Daoist worldviews, the five elements,and cultivation methods which can be found in the Daoist scriptures. …”
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Ritual Action and Its Consequences: <i>Libai</i> (Ritualized Prostration) in Medieval Daoist Rituals by Yang Wu

“…The end of the 6th century witnessed the continuation of employing <i>libai</i> in the rituals worshiping the Daoist Three Treasures. Its diversity and significance were acknowledged by the early Tang Daoist monastic codes. …”
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Searching for the Location of Lord Lao: The Evolution of Daoist Cosmic Concept between the Han and Tang Dynasties by Zhaojie Bai, Pei Li

“…The period between the Han and Tang dynasties was a crucial time in the development of the Daoist cosmic concept. During that time, Daoist believers needed to place important deities properly in the newly created heavenly realm. …”
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Mobility and Intuition: What Does Pre-Qin Daoist Philosophy Reveal about Constructive Postmodernism? by Weixi Li

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Vernacular “Fiction” and Celestial Script: A Daoist Manual for the Use of <i>Water Margin</i> by Mark Meulenbeld

“…This type of script is given much attention at important moments in the story and it is simultaneously known from Daoist ritual texts. I show a firm link between <i>Water Margin</i> and the uses of &#8220;celestial script&#8221; by presenting a nineteenth century Daoist ordination manual that contains &#8220;celestial script&#8221; for each of <i>Water Margin</i>&#8217;s 108 heroic protagonists.…”
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Wang Bi’s “Confucian” <em>Laozi</em>: Commensurable Ethical Understandings in “Daoist” and “Confucian” Thinking by Paul Joseph D’Ambrosio

“…Describing him as promoting a “Confucian” <i>Laozi</i> is inaccurate as he ultimately leans more heavily on “Daoist” concepts, such as “self-so” and “non-action.” …”
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A study of the ‘imagetexts’ of the Daoist visual culture, signifying the tripartite realms of Heaven, Human, Earth by Han, Yuhui

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The Gongfu 功夫 approach to Cheng 誠 and Ziran 自然 : a Confucian- Daoist complementarity perspective by Nord-Bronzyk, Alexa

“…I believe the gongfu practice can be best expressed by putting equal emphasis on Daoist spontaneity in parallel to Confucian spontaneity. …”
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A New Portrait of a Daoist Sage: Jean-François Foucquet’s Interpretation of the <i>Dao</i> by Sophie Ling-chia Wei

“…Here I will present and explore Foucquet’s journey of the <i>Dao</i> and his presentation of the Christian God and Jesus Christ as Daoist sages by investigating his Chinese, French, and Latin manuscripts that discuss his reinterpretation of the <i>Dao</i> in the Chinese classics, especially the <i>Yijing</i> and <i>Daodejing</i>. …”
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Inversion and Interconversion: A Comparative Study on the Negative Dimension of Adorno’s Inverse Theology and Pre-Qin Daoist Thought by Feng Tao

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From Laozi to Lao-Zhuang and Huang-Lao Daoism: The Two Paths of Oneness in the Development of Early Daoist Thought by Xiaojiao Cui

“…This paper proposes examining the central notion of Oneness (一 <i>yi</i>) in Daoist thought by offering an analysis of its uses in the early writings of the Daoist tradition, beginning with the <i>Laozi</i> 老子 and the <i>Zhuangzi</i> 莊子 before moving on to Huang-Lao 黃老 texts. …”
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Idealizing a Daoist Grotto-Heaven: The Luofu Mountains in <i>Luofu Yesheng</i> 羅浮野乘 by Mengyuan Chai

“…The region of the Luofu Mountains in Guangdong, China, has long been a Daoist sacred place for centuries. In the Daoist sacred geographic system “<i>Dongtian Fudi</i>” (Grotto-Heavens and Blissful Lands), the Luofu Mountains are ranked as the seventh “Major Grotto-Heaven”, standing as an influential site for the practice Daoist immortals. …”
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Global Capital, Local Conservation, and Ecological Civilization: The Tiejia Ecology Temple and the Chinese Daoist Association’s Green Agenda by Jennifer Lemche, James Miller

“…Since 1995, the Chinese Daoist Association (CDA) has pursued a green agenda through the publication of declarations, statements and an eight year plan. …”
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Text-Mining and Digital Humanities Analysis of “Eye-Opening” Consecration Ritual of Contemporary Yanling Daoist Altar of Tainan by Ching-Chih Lin

“…This article uses Digital Humanities methods and technologies, Text mining and GIS (geographic information system) to explore the ritual texts of the Deity “Eye-Opening” Consecration Ritual of Daoist Wu Zhengxian at the Yanling Daoist Altar in Tainan. …”
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A medieval Daoist drug geography: the Jinye Shendan Jing as a novel view on the circulation of medical knowledge in Asia by Stanley-Baker, Michael, Pettit, J. E. E., Yang, Dolly

“…As one of the early sources on physical geography and trade goods from Southeast Asia, it is an important resource for early knowledge of the region and is one of the earliest examples of possible Daoist religio-technical continuities between the regions.…”
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Mindfulness and Its Absence – The Development of the Term Mindfulness and the Meditation Techniques Connected to It from Daoist Classics to the Sinicized Buddhism of the Chan School by Jana S. ROŠKER

“…It attempts to shed some light on these modifications from two different aspects: first the classical Daoist meditation practices were analysed, and this showed why and in what way did the Daoist terminology function as a bridge in the initial phase of translating Buddhist concepts and the sinicization of Buddhist philosophy. …”
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Daoist Reflections on the See-Saw of Contingency and Autonomy: The <i>Laozi</i> and <i>Zhuangzi</i> in Dialogue with Sandel, Rosa, Rorty, Gray by Paul Joseph D’Ambrosio

“…In the background of their recent works, Michael Sandel, Hartmut Rosa, John Gray, and Richard Rorty all see contingency and autonomy in a see-saw relationship: more of one correspondingly results in less of the other. Daoist philosophical reflections provide a different take on contingency. …”
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A Medieval Daoist Drug Geography: The <i>Jinye Shendan Jing</i> as a Novel View on the Circulation of Medical Knowledge in Asia by Michael Stanley-Baker, J. E. E. Pettit, Dolly Yang

“…As one of the early sources on physical geography and trade goods from Southeast Asia, it is an important resource for early knowledge of the region and is one of the earliest examples of possible Daoist religio-technical continuities between the regions.…”
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Gender Trouble in the Early Lingbao Scriptures by Jiefeng Lu

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A Goddess with Bird’s Claws: An Exploration of the Image of Magu by Qiongke Geng, Yongfeng Huang

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