History of Chinese Daoism (ed. Qing Xitai)中国道教史（卿希泰主编）
- Also known as
- Four-Volume History of Chinese Daoism
- Author / transmission
- Qing Xitai
- Period
- Modern · Edited by Qing Xitai, published in four volumes in successive installments by Sichuan People's Publishing House from 1988 to 1995; a revised and expanded edition appeared in 1996. Collectively compiled by the Institute for Religious Studies of Sichuan University.
- Canon division
- Reference Works
- Collected in
- Modern work
- Category
- Reference Works
- Fascicles
- 4 volumes (about 3 million characters)
Synopsis
Qing Xitai's four-volume Zhongguo Daojiao Shi (History of Chinese Daoism), collectively compiled by the Institute for Religious Studies of Sichuan University, was published in successive installments by Sichuan People's Publishing House from 1988 to 1995, running to about three million characters — the largest and most systematic general history of Chinese Daoism to date. The first volume covers the origins and founding of Daoism in the pre-Qin and Han periods; the second, the Wei–Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, through the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties; the third, the Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan; and the fourth, the Ming and Qing through the modern era. Each volume not only narrates the rise and fall of schools and the thought of key figures, but also makes extensive use of original texts from the Daoist Canon, steles, local gazetteers, and archaeological material, with dedicated chapters on doctrine, ritual, Internal Alchemy, church–state relations, and local Daoism. This work was a key national social-sciences project and represents the highest achievement of the reconstruction of Chinese Daoist studies since the 1980s; it differs from, and complements, Ren Jiyu's single-volume Zhongguo Daojiao Shi (1990) — Ren's is concise, while Qing's is detailed and thorough. Qing Xitai also edited the four-volume Zhongguo Daojiao Sixiang Shi (History of Chinese Daoist Thought, 2009); read together, the two works reveal the complete arc of general-history writing on Daoism within Chinese scholarship.
Key Ideas
- The largest and most systematic general history of Chinese Daoism
- Four volumes of about three million characters, compiled by the Institute for Religious Studies of Sichuan University
- Draws on the Daoist Canon, steles, local gazetteers, and archaeological material
- Dedicated chapters on doctrine, ritual, Internal Alchemy, and church–state relations
- Complements Ren Jiyu's single-volume history
Structure
4 volumes: pre-Qin and Han; Wei–Jin through Sui–Tang; Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan; Ming–Qing through the modern era.
Editions
- Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1988–1995 edition
- 1996 revised and expanded edition
Full Text & Online Resources
Related scriptures
History of Chinese Daoism (ed. Ren Jiyu), History of Chinese Daoist Thought, Descriptive Notes on the Daoist CanonRelated figures
Qing Xitai, Zhan Shichuang, Li Yuanguo- 卿希泰主编《中国道教史》（修订本），四川人民出版社，1996
- 四川大学道教与宗教文化研究所介绍
- 《世界宗教研究》相关书评
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