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Daozang

The Daoist canon: the great collection of Daoist scriptures, compiled in its present form in the Ming dynasty.

Also: Daoist canon

Daoism and Chinese thought

The Daozang gathers some fifteen hundred texts: scriptures, rituals, alchemical and meditation manuals, commentaries and hagiographies. Earlier canons were compiled from the fifth century; the surviving one was printed in 1445 with a supplement in 1607.