Taoism

=== Other important Taoist texts ===
There are many other important Taoist texts, including:
* ''[[Liezi]]'', a 4th century BCE classic Taoist work, which during the Tang was seen as the third great Taoist work alongside the ''Tao Te Ching'' and ''Zhuangzi''.{{sfnp|Idema|Haft|1997|p=90}}
* ''[[Neiye]]'', a 4th-century BCE text that describes self-cultivation, meditation, how to work with qi', and how to train one's heart-mind (xin) as well as one's body.{{sfnp|Kirkland|2004|p=41-46}} The ideas found in this text influenced later Taoist conceptions of internal alchemy.{{sfnp|Kirkland|2004|p=44-46}} 
* ''[[Wenzi]]''; attributed to a Disciple of Laozi but which likely dates to the [[Han dynasty]]. 
* ''[[Huahujing]]'' (''Classic on converting the barbarians''), an old text (5th–6th century BCE) that claims that Laozi traveled to China and is thus the source of [[Buddhism]].
* The ''[[Taipingjing]]'' (''Great Peace Scripture''), a key source for Han dynasty Taoism.
* ''[[Liexian Zhuan]] (Biographies of Immortals),'' a Han dynasty text that is the earliest Taoist [[hagiography]] of Taoist immortals.
* The ''[[Baopuzi]] neipian'', attributed to [[Ge Hong]], also known as Baopu (''Master who embraces simplicity''). This text is a major source for the [[Shangqing School]] and its inner-cultivation practices.{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=19}}
*The ''Dadong zhenjing'' (''Perfect Scripture of the Great Cavern'') and the ''Lingshu ziwen'' (''Purple Texts Inscribed by the Spirits''), the two most influential Supreme Clarity scriptures.{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=35}}
* ''[[Cantong qi|Cāntóng qì]]'' (''Kinship of the Three'')—one of the earliest sources on Taoist internal alchemy (neidan).
* ''[[Yellow Court Classic|The Yellow Court Classic]]'' (''Huang Ting Jing'', 黄庭经) is a work on Taoist meditation revealed by Lady [[Wei Huacun]] of the [[Shangqing School|Shangqing school]] in the 288 CE. It remained an influential Shangqin text and was important for [[Lü Dongbin|Lu Dongbin]].
* ''[[Wupian zhenwen]]'' (''Perfect Writings in Five Sections''), the first of the [[Lingbao School|Lingbao]] scriptures.{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=20}}
* ''Ling Bao Bi Fai'' (''Complete Methods of the Numinous Treasure''), a manual of longevity practices and neidan.
* ''[[Zuowanglun]]'' (坐忘論&nbsp;), a work on [[Zuowang|zuòwàng]] ("sitting forgetting") meditation by [[Sima Chengzhen]] (647–735 CE), which is influenced by Buddhism.{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=36}} 
* ''[[Huangdi Yinfujing|Huángdì Yǐnfújīng]]'' (黃帝陰符經, c. 8th century CE), a text on internal alchemy and astrology.
* ''[[Huashu|Huàshū]]'' (化書), a 10th-century CE classic on internal alchemy.
* ''[[Qingjing Jing|Qīngjìng Jīng]]'' (清静经, ''Classic of Clarity and Stillness''), Taoist teachings from the ''Tao Te Ching'' with [[Mahayana]] Buddhist ideas. The text was adopted as one of the key scriptures of the [[Quanzhen School|Quanzhen school]].{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=37}}
* ''[[Huangdi Yinfujing|Yinfu jing]]'' (''Scripture on the Inner Talisman''), a 6th-century CE text that was adopted by Quanzen school as one of their key scriptures.{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=37}}
* ''[[Wuzhen pian|Wùzhēn piān]]'' (悟真篇, ''Folios on Awakening to Reality'') is a work on internal alchemy written by [[Wuzhen pian|Zhang Boduan]] (張伯端; 987?–1082), a Song era scholar of the three teachings.
* The ''Lijiao shiwu lun'' (''Fifteen discourses to Establish the Teachings'') of [[Wang Chongyang]], the founder of Quanzhen.{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=37}}
* ''[[The Book of Balance and Harmony]]'' (''Zhong he ji'', 中和集) a 13th-century [[anthology]] by Daochun Li that outlines the teachings and practices of the [[Quanzhen School]].
* ''[[Treatise On the Response of the Tao|Taishang Ganying Pian]]'' (''Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution'', C. 12th century) discusses sin and [[ethic]]s and has become a popular morality tract in the last few centuries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan: The Taoist Canon |url=http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbcanondaw-u.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216160701/http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbcanondaw-u.html |archive-date=16 February 2007 |access-date=2011-05-16 |publisher=Weber.ucsd.edu}}</ref> It asserts that those in harmony with Tao will live long and fruitful lives. The wicked, and their descendants, will suffer and have shortened lives.{{sfnp|Van Voorst |2005 |p=165}}
* ''[[The Secret of the Golden Flower]]'' (太乙金華宗旨; ''Tàiyǐ Jīnhuá Zōngzhǐ''), an influential neidan text from the late 17th century.
* The key texts of the [[Dragon Gate Taoism|Dragon Gate School]] (Longmen Pai), composed by the founder Wang Changyue (1622?–80), focus on Daoist monasticism: ''Chuzhen jie'' (''Precepts for Novices''), ''Zhongji jie'' (''Precepts of the Central Pole''), ''Tianxian jie'' (''Precepts for Celestial Immortals''), and ''Longmen xinfa'' (''Central Teachings of Dragon Gate'').{{sfnp|Komjathy|2014|p=22-23}}
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