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Chinese Literature
Daoist writings (daojia 道家)
The type of Daoist writings (daojia lei 道家類) is a sub-category to the literary category of masters and philosophers (zibu 子部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. It includes almost exclusively writings of philosophical Daoism and collections of biographies of Daoist immortals. Writings on religious practices, like diet, fasting, alchemy, ecclesiastical rites, and talismans are barely considered and only included in some chapters of the Baopuzi 抱朴子 and the Zhouyi cantong qi 周易參同契. The focus lies on the writings Laozi Daodejing 老子道德經 and Zhuangzi 莊子 which were always highly respected also by scholars not inclined to Daoism. The Daoist section in the Siku quanshu includes 44 books.
See also the Daoist Canon Daozang 道藏 for other books of the Daoist tradition.

書名 Title Composer(s)
陰符經 Yinfujing ascr. 黃帝 Yellow Emperor; (Tang) 李筌 Li Quan (comm.)
伊尹書 * Yiyinshu (Shang) 伊尹 Yi Yin (?)
辛甲書 * Xinjiashu (Zhou) 辛甲 Xin Jia (?)
老子道德經 Laozi Daodejing (Zhou) 李聃 Li Dan (?); (Han) 河上公 Heshanggong (comm.); (Cao-Wei) 王弼 Wang Bi (comm.)
關尹子 Guanyinzi (Zhou) 尹喜 Yin Xi (?)
老莱子 * Laolaizi (Zhou) 老莱 Lao Lai
列子 (沖虛至德真經) Liezi (Chongxu zhide zhenjing) (Zhou) 列御寇 Lie Yukou (?); (Jin) 張湛 Zhang Zhan (comm; ?)
莊子 (南華真經) Zhuangzi (Nanhua zhenjing) (Zhou) 莊周 Zhuang Zhou (?); (Jin) 郭象 Guo Xiang (comm.)
文子 Wenzi (Zhou) 辛銒 Xin Jian (?)
田子 * Tianzi (Zhou) 田騈 Tian Pian
黔婁子 * Qianlouzi (Zhou) 黔婁 Qian Lou
列仙傳 Liexianzhuan (Han) 劉向 Liu Xiang
淮南鴻烈解 (淮南子) Huainan honglie jie (Huainanzi) > Miscellaneous treatises (Han) 劉安 Liu An
周易參同契 Zhouyi cantong qi (Han) 魏伯陽 Wei Boyang
任子道論 * Renzi daolun (Wei) 任嘏 Ren Gu
唐子 * Tangzi (Wu) 唐滂 Tang Pang
抱朴子 Baopuzi (Jin) 葛洪 Ge Hong
神仙傳 Shenxianzhuan (Jin) 葛洪 Ge Hong
枕中書 * Zhenzhongshu (Jin) 葛洪 Ge Hong
蘇子 * Suzi (Jin) 蘇彦 Su Yan
陸子 * Luzi (Jin) 陸雲 Lu Yun
苻子 * Fuzi (Jin) 苻朗 Fu Lang
幽求子 * Youqiuzi (Jin) 杜夷 Du Yi
真誥 Zhengao (Liang) 陶弘景 Tao Hongjing
亢倉子 Kangcangzi (Tang) 王士源 Wang Shiyuan
玄真子 Xuanzhenzi (Tang) 張志和 Zhang Zhihe
天隱子 Tianyinzi (Tang) anon.
無能子 Wunengzi (Tang) anon.
續仙傳 Xuxianzhuan (Nantang) 沈汾 Shen Fen
雲笈七籤 Yunji qiqian (Song) 張君房 Zhang Junfang
悟真篇 Wuzhenpian (Song) 張伯端 Zhang Boduan
道樞 * Daoshu (Song) 曾慥 Zeng Zao
易外別傳 Yiwai biezhuan (Song) 俞琰 Yu Yan
洞仙傳 * Dongxianzhuan (Song) anon.
疑仙傳 * Yixianzhuan (Song) 玉簡 Yu Jian or 王簡 Wang Jian
集仙傳 * Jixianzhuan (Song) anon.
長春真人西遊記 * Changchun zhenren xiyou ji (Jin) 李志常 Yu Yan
正統道藏 * Zhengtong daozang (Daoist Canon)

*not contained in the Siku quanshu
Chinese literature according to the four-category system

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