Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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While the Bible or the Quran can fit into a single volume, the Daoist canon of scriptures contains around 1,500 texts. It is huge. So what is the Daoist canon all about? How did it form?

00:00 Basic overview
3:58 History of the Daozang
9:05 Daozang's role in Daoism
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