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based on spirit-writing cults, initiation into self-perfection techniques, and
active charity. The Daoyuan was founded in 1916, and in 1922 established the
Red Swastika (Hong wangzi hui fo.rr rJ:l. * Wl), a very large relief organization.
Vincent GOOSSAERT

* TAO ISM AND POPULAR SECTS; TEMPLES AND SHRINES

Daozang

Taoist Canon

See the entry *DAOZANG AND SUBSIDIARY COMPILATIONS in "Taoism: An
Overview," p. 28.

Daozangjinghua

Essential Splendors of the Taoist Canon

The Daozangjinghua is a series of Taoist texts edited by Xiao Tianshi Jl72;o
(1908-86). It was published from 1956 onward by Ziyou chubanshe in Taipei,
a publishing house established by Xiao himself in 1953. It consists of seventeen
"anthologies" (ji ~), each containing one or more texts. The publication
project lasted more than two decades, after which several single volumes were
reprinted (or, in some instances, republished under the same title but with
different texts). The whole collection was again reprinted in 1983. The scat-
tered nature of this publishing effort has lead to various authors attributing
different dates to the series; for example, William Chen (1984) indexes a 1963
edition containing 108 titles in II5 volumes, while Zhu Yueli (1992) mentions
a 1956 and a 1973 edition.
In the foreword to the 1983 reprint, entitled "Xinbian Daozangjinghua yaozhi
liyan" ~)Tt.iJ!t~~.~ l§''Wtl"§ (Introductory Remarks to the New Edition of
the Daozangjinghua), Xiao states that he focuses on works on self-cultivation
instead of the doctrinal foundations of Taoism, as he intends to make avail-
able texts that adepts can use in their practice. Xiao also provides details on his
sources, which include the *Zhengtong daozang (Taoist Canon of the Zhengtong