主編:詹石窗
出版:香港蓬瀛仙館
ISSN 1728-7642

Daoism Studies ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 101-115.

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Daoist Scriptures of the Liumen Community — A Case Study of the “Separate Transmission outside the [Mainline] Teachings” in Late Qing and Republican Times

Volker Olles   

  • Received:2019-03-08 Revised:2019-06-10 Online:2019-06-10 Published:2021-08-18
  • About author:Volker Olles, Associate Researcher, Sichuan University, Institute of Daoism and Religious Culture; Research Directions: Modern history and current circumstances of Sichuan Daoism, sacred space in Chinese religions (religious geography), the Liumen teachings and the Fayan tan ritual tradition in Sichuan, popular Daoist liturgy, history and culture of (Daoist) temples, traditional religious publishing, Daoist environmental ethics, and epigraphy, etc.; Address: Liberal Arts Building, Sichuan University, No. 29, Wangjiang Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu; Postcode: 610064; Email: volker.olles@outlook.de.

Abstract: In the late Qing and Republican times, the Confucian Liumen (“Liu School”) community in Sichuan printed and circulated a large amount of Daoist works, thus playing an important role in the “separate transmission outside the [mainline] teachings” of Daoist scriptures. This paper provides a preliminary listing of Daoist scriptures handed down by the Liumen community, and grouped them into the three categories of ritual, morality, and self-cultivation according to the community’s division of labor between Dao and Ritual.

Key words: Daoist Scriptures, Separate Transmission outside the Mainline Teachings, Liumen