Conventions for Frequently Cited Works Introduction (Gil Raz and Anna M. Shields) Part 1: Poetry 1. Brushing Past Rainbows: Religion and Poetry in the Xu Mi Stele (Jonathan Pettit) 2.Li Bo and Hu Ziyang: Companions of the Way (Paul W. Kroll) 3.Gao Pian: Poet and Patron (Franciscus Verellen) 4.Traces of the Way: The Poetry of Divine Transcendence in the Northern Song Anthology Literature's Finest (Anna M. Shields) Part II: Visuality and Materiality 1.

A Reexamination of the Second Chapter of the Array of the Five Talismans (Wang Zongyu) 2. "True Forms" and "True Faces": Daoist and Buddhist Discourse on Images (Gil Raz) Part III: Texts and Contexts 1. After the Apocalypse: The Evolving Ethos of the Celestial Master Daoists (Terry Kleeman) 2. Shangqing Scriptures as Performative Texts (Robert Ford Company) 3. The Sutra in Forty-Two Chapters: Beyond the Buddhist Canon (James Robson) 4.Taking Stock: The Scholarship of Daoism in Recent Decades (John Lagerwey) Epilogue Traversing the Golden Porte: Problems with Daoist Studies (Stephen R. Bokenkamp).