The Foundational Classics
The small band of classics that reached the Victorian translators — Legge’s "Texts of Taoism" (SBE 39–40) and Giles. This is the green glow atop a dark canon.
The great classics3
Dào Dé Jīng 道德經 (Laozi) — 81 chaptersZhuāngzǐ 莊子 — 33 chaptersLièzǐ 列子 — 8 chapters
The minor classics (SBE 39/40 appendix)3
Qīngjìng Jīng 清靜經 (Classic of Purity)Yīnfú Jīng 陰符經 (Hidden Talisman)Tàishàng Gǎnyìng Piān 感應篇
Han & alchemical texts7
Cantong qi 參同契 (Kinship of the Three)Huáinánzǐ 淮南子Nèiyè 內業 (Inward Training)Bàopǔzǐ 抱朴子 (Ge Hong)Secret of the Golden Flower 太乙金華宗旨Wénzǐ 文子no authoritative EnglishTàipíng Jīng 太平經 (Great Peace)no complete English
The Daozang — the Daoist Canon
The Ming Zhengtong Daozang (1445) holds ~1,500 texts in ~5,300 scrolls — the overwhelming majority never translated into English (the Daoist parallel to the Tengyur). Shown by structure; no open catalogue exists (the Schipper–Verellen index is ©).
The Three Grottoes · Sān Dòng 三洞3
Dòngzhēn 洞真 — Shangqing (Highest Clarity) revelationsDòngxuán 洞玄 — Lingbao (Numinous Treasure) scripturesDòngshén 洞神 — Sanhuang (Three Sovereigns) textsuntranslated
The Four Supplements · Sì Fǔ 四輔4
Tàixuán 太玄 — around the Dao De Jingmostly untranslatedTàipíng 太平 — around the Taiping Jingmostly untranslatedTàiqīng 太清 — the alchemical corpusmostly untranslatedZhèngyī 正一 — the Celestial Masters corpusritual texts, untranslated
The uncounted remainderno open English catalogue1
~1,500 Daozang texts — the untranslated ocean
The Schools
The organized movements — their scriptural and ritual corpora are largely untranslated or under modern ©.
The Daoist movements5
Celestial Masters · Tiānshī 天師道 (142 CE)core texts untranslatedShangqing · 上清 (364 CE)Lingbao · 靈寶Quanzhen · 全真 (Complete Perfection, 1167)Zhengyi · 正一 (Orthodox Unity)ritual corpus untranslated
Held in this archive awaiting placement9 texts
Texts of this tradition the archive holds that have no chip on this map and no room placement — browsable here honestly; each awaits a reviewed binding or a structure-growth pass (the stays-reception rulings of the placement program, 2026-07).
A History of Chinese LiteratureHerbert A. Giles 1901 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗Myths and Legends of ChinaE.T.C. Werner 1922 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗Sacred Places in ChinaJoseph Edkins 1910 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗Strange Stories from a Chinese StudioHerbert A. Giles 1880 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗The Chinese Fairy BookRichard Wilhelm 1921 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗The Civilization of ChinaHerbert A. Giles 1911 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗The Religions of Ancient ChinaHerbert A. Giles 1905 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗Feng ShuiE.J. Eitel 1873 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗Lao-tze: A Study in Chinese PhilosophyPaul Carus 1898 · awaits a reviewed binding or structure growth · read in the archive ↗