Preface 12
Chapter One:The Palaces for Immortals-Architectural Arts of Daoist Buildings 12
Section One:The Origins and Functions of Daoist Buildings 12
Section Two:Architectural Thoughts behind Daoist Buildings 16
Section Three:The Structure and Specifications of Daoist Buildings 24
Section Four:Daoist Buildings and Gardens 42
Section Five:Famous Daoist Temples in Existence Today 48
Chapter Two:The Party of Immortals-Colorful Daoist Statues 58
Section One:The Origin of Daoist Statues and Early Daoist Statues 58
Section Two:The Daoist Statues in the Sui and Tang Dynasties 62
Section Three:The Daoist Statues from the Song Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty 66
Section Four:The Daoist Statues in the Ming and Qing Dynasties 72
Chapter Three:The Procession of the Immortals Paying Homage to the One-Splendid Daoist Wall Paintings and Water-land Service Paintings 84
Section One:Daoist Wall Paintings 84
Section Two:Daoist Water-land Service Paintings 102
Chapter Four:The Dao Follows What is Naturally So-Remarkable Literati Paintings with Daoist Motifs and the Paintings by Daoists 108
Section One:The Style of Ancient Paintings from the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty 108
Section Two:The Style of Eremitism in the Song Dynasty 114
Section Three:The Style of Mysticism in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties 122
Section Four:The Style under Absolutism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties 128
Chapter Five:Immortals'Talent Show-The Tune of Heaven-Daoist Music 138
Section One:The Origin of Daoist Music and Its Development 138
Section Two:Features of Daoist Music 148
Section Three:Daoist Drama 154
Chapter Six:Daoist Literature 162
Section One:Daoist Poetry 162
Section Two:Daoist Hagiographies and Fictions 164
Section Three:Daoist Prose Writings 168
Concluding Remarks 172