Zhan Shichuang詹石窗

Period

Contemporary

Dates

1954 — ?

Role

Daoist ScholarsProfessor at Sichuan University

Birthplace

Xiamen (present-day Xiamen, Fujian)

Life

Zhan Shichuang, a native of Xiamen, Fujian, is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Daoist and Religious Culture, Sichuan University, and formerly a professor at Xiamen University and director of the Institute for Laozi Studies at Sichuan University. His fields of research include Daoist literature, Daoism and the study of the Yijing, and Daoist health cultivation. He has written History of Daoist Literature, Daoism and Women, Studies on the Relationship between Yijing Studies and Daoist Thought, Fifteen Lectures on Daoist Culture, and Daoist Science, Technology and Cultural Health Practices, and has edited large-scale series such as Essence of a Century of Daoist Scholarship: A Compendium and the General History of Chinese Religious Thought (Daoism volume). He is an active scholar in contemporary mainland studies of Daoist culture. The above is drawn from publicly available academic information. He has also long worked on interdisciplinary topics such as Daoism and the culture of Fujian and Taiwan, Daoism and science and technology, and Daoism and ecology, and has directed research projects on the scholarly history of the Laozi and on Daoist philosophy.

Contributions & Influence

• Wrote History of Daoist Literature, opening up the study of Daoist literature
• Studied the relationship between Yijing studies and Daoist thought
• Edited Essence of a Century of Daoist Scholarship: A Compendium

Works

• History of Daoist Literature
• Daoism and Women
• Studies on the Relationship between Yijing Studies and Daoist Thought
• Fifteen Lectures on Daoist Culture