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(Gansu) as well as from archaeological sites such as *Mawangdui (Hun an) and
*Guodian (Hubei). In addition to the Tonko dokyo !j!.t;J:£\j£H~ (Taoist Scriptures
from Dunhuang) compiled by Ofuchi Ninji tJm P2, m (Ofuchi Ninji 1978-79)
there is now in print a five-volume Dunhuang daozang fI.t ~:@:~ (Taoist Canon
of Dunhuang) edited by Li Defan :$ 1i@y'[ (1999). The study of Taoist institu-
tional history should also be enhanced by the recent publication of a 36-volume
Zhongguo daoguan zhi congkan 9=' ~:@: ti I~ It t iJ (Collectanea of Monographs of
Taoist Temples in China), edited by Gao Xiaojian ~ INn- (2000). This publica-
tion will not only supplement monastic records in the Taoist Canon but also
surely offer further supplement to the invaluable yet still largely overlooked
Daojia jinshi We :@: *:3lt;& ~ (A Collection of Taoist Epigraphy) compiled by
Chen Yuan ~.m (1988). The recent appearance of so many new resources is
truly without precedent in the field of Taoist studies.

Judith M. BOLTZ
W Bokenkamp 2001; Boltz]. M. 1987a, 247-50; Boltz]. M. 1987C; Boltz]. M.
1993b; Boltz]. M. 1994; Chen Guofu 1963, 106-231; Chen Yuan 1988, 618; Fukui
Kojun 1958, 134-213; Lagerwey 1981b, 222- 73; Liu Ts'un-yan 1982; van der Loon
1984,29-63; Ofuchi Ninji 1979; Ofuchi Ninji 1991, 217- 58; RenJiyu and Zhong
Zhaopeng 1991; Schipper 1975b; Schipper and Verellen 2004; Seidel 1989----90,
231-36; Shi Bo'er and Li Diankui 1977; Weng Dujian 1935; Yoshioka Yoshitoyo
1955; Zhong Zhaopeng 1993; Zhong Zhaopeng 1999; Zhu Yueli 1992, 123-72
and 3II-60; Zhu Yueli 1996

~ For related entries see the Synoptic Table of Contents, sec. 11.12 ("Textual
Corpora and Literary Genres")

sandong

Three Caverns

The term sandong refers to the three major components of the Taoist Canon
(see table 18): Dongzhen m~ (Cavern of Perfection), Dongxuan m-t (Cavern
of Mystery), and Dongshen m t$ (Cavern of Spirit). These three units came
to be identified with the scriptural legacies of *Shangqing (Highest Clarity),
*Lingbao (Numinous Treasure), and *Sanhuang - ~ (Three Sovereigns;
see *Sanhuang wen), respectively. Although the designation of the Buddhist
Canon as sanzang = F~ (Tripitaka), denoting three genres of siitra, vinaya,
and abhidharma, would appear to be its obvious parallel, the term sandong in