Telling the story of Daoism -- The sprouting of the trunk of Daoism -- The composite trunk of Daoism -- The masters who nurtured the trunk of Daoism -- Growth of the Daoist vine during the Qin and Han dynasties -- The earliest branches of Daoism -- The spread of celestial masters' Daoism -- New vines and the masters who began them -- Daoism in the Tang : robust maturity of the vine -- Scrambling and overlapping vines and stems of Daoism in the Song and Yuan -- Daoism overgrows Chinese culture : the Ming and Qing dynasties -- Spreading the Daoist vine at home and abroad.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-214) and index.