History and Practice of Taoism - Links -

[dao zhen]

For those interested in history and Taoism practice, I have compiled the below links to help in your search....

 

 

Origion and Foundation of Taoism

 

*Taoism and Taoists -

 

*Contours of Taoist Practice -

 

*Sacred Sites of Taoism -

 

*Philosophy and Religion -

 

*Daoism and Immortals -

 

*Historical Development of Taoism -

 

Northern Complete Perfection Taoism and the Dragon Gate Sect

 

*Complete Perfection Taoism Founder - Patriarch Wang Chongyang -

 

* Founder of the Dragon Gate Sect - Patriarch Qiu Chuji - student of Patriarch Wang Chongyang -

 

* Seven Perfect Ones of the North - 7 students of Patriarch Wang Chongyang

 

Various Sects and Branches in Taoism

 

 

Eminent Philosophers and Accomplished Taoists

 

 

Grotto Heavens and Blissful Realms

 

 

Taoism Beliefs and Cosmology

 

 

Taoist Scripture

[exorcist_1699]

For people who can read Chinese , I strongly propose them to read the original taoist classics, especially those written during the Ming and Ching Dynasty ( ie , recent 500 years). Not only because those books were written in plain Chinese close to modern texts, but also because those writings do get rid of all weird jargons ( tiger, dragon, rabbit , the South..), and directly use precise terms such as Jin (sperm),qi and Sheng ( Spirit).

 

For those who know no Chinese but are gifted in language and tough enough, I recommend them to spend 4-5 years in learning Chinese, after all, to any individual in this world , nothing is more worthy of doing than having the ability of manipulating the life and death issue in his/her own hands.

[Taoist81]

For people who can read Chinese , I strongly propose them to read the original taoist classics, especially those written during the Ming and Ching Dynasty ( ie , recent 500 years). Not only because those books were written in plain Chinese close to modern texts, but also because those writings do get rid of all weird jargons ( tiger, dragon, rabbit , the South..), and directly use precise terms such as Jin (sperm),qi and Sheng ( Spirit).

 

For those who know no Chinese but are gifted in language and tough enough, I recommend them to spend 4-5 years in learning Chinese, after all, to any individual in this world , nothing is more worthy of doing than having the ability of manipulating the life and death issue in his/her own hands.

 

That is not a bad idea, so long as the person learning chinese remembers to specifically study Classical Chinese, since most modern chinese readers have a very hard time reading the classics.

[dao zhen]

Here is a great link to a site with information and a wonderful collection of photos of Founder Qiu Chuji - one of the 7 Perfect Ones who founded the Dragon Gate Sect.

 

http://www.qiuchuji.org/picture-eng.php

[spitball]

All of the above links seem to be out of date now

[rex]

All of the above links seem to be out of date now

All is not lost. Try these links:

 

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.daoistcenter.org

 

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.eng.taoism.org.hk/

 

If you don't fancy poking around just copy the links from the original post and pop them in the search box here:

 

http://www.archive.org/index.php