Zhonghua Daozang (Chinese Daoist Canon)中华道藏
- Author / transmission
- Zhang Jiyu
- Period
- Modern · Edited in chief by Zhang Jiyu, published by Huaxia Publishing House in January 2004 in 49 volumes; reorganized and collated on the base texts of the Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era and the Supplementary Daoist Canon of the Wanli Era, containing over 1,500 Daoist texts.
- Canon division
- Modern Edited Edition
- Collected in
- Modern work
- Category
- Daozang Collections
- Fascicles
- 49 volumes
Synopsis
The Zhonghua Daozang is the first systematic reorganization of Daoist scriptures undertaken in nearly five hundred years since the Ming, edited in chief by Zhang Jiyu of the China Taoist Association, completed over several years in collaboration with numerous universities and research institutions, and published by Huaxia Publishing House in 2004 in 49 volumes. It takes the Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era and the Supplementary Daoist Canon of the Wanli Era as its principal base texts, reorganizing them into new categories (the Perfect Scriptures of the Three Caverns, the Perfect Scriptures of the Four Supplements, Daoist essay collections, Daoist arts, Daoist ritual, immortals' biographies and Daoist history, and catalogues and indexes, among other major divisions), and rendering the entire text in simplified characters set horizontally, with punctuation and textual collation, supplemented by cross-checking against the Dunhuang Daoist manuscripts and other editions; it contains over 1,500 Daoist texts in more than 5,500 juan, totaling roughly 60 million characters. Compared with the facsimile edition of the Daoist Canon, its value lies in the great improvement in readability and searchability, allowing even non-specialist readers to make use of original Daoist texts; the reclassification carried out during collation (such as restoring misplaced texts to their proper place) also reflects the achievements of contemporary Daoist textual scholarship. This work was a key national publishing project of the Tenth Five-Year Plan and, used alongside the facsimile Daoist Canon, has become the standard edited edition for Daoist studies in the Chinese-speaking world.
Key Ideas
- The first systematic reorganization of Daoist scriptures in nearly five hundred years
- 49 volumes, containing over 1,500 Daoist texts
- Set in simplified horizontal type, punctuated and collated, incorporating the Dunhuang manuscripts
- Reclassified to correct misplacements in the original Canon
- The standard edited edition in use throughout the Chinese-speaking world
Structure
49 volumes, divided into the Perfect Scriptures of the Three Caverns, the Perfect Scriptures of the Four Supplements, Daoist essay collections, Daoist arts, ritual, immortals' biographies and Daoist history, and catalogues and indexes, among other divisions.
Editions
- Huaxia Publishing House edition, 2004 (49 volumes)
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Related scriptures
Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era, Daoist Texts outside the Canon, Descriptive Notes on the Daoist CanonRelated figures
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