I am very glad to read Dr. Timothy Barret's review of my book about the Chinese Buddhist canon. He said, "The editors have thus shown great discrimination in producing a collection that serves to inform without entirely overwhelming the newcomer." Indeed, we have thought about a lot to make this book accessible but comprehensive and analytical as the first book about the Chinese canon in any Western language. We did keep the Daoist canon in mind but we just forgot to mention it in the book as Tim points out. Sorry about that. But in the volume on regional religious systems in China which I am editing, we are going to have a lot on Daoism and popular religion.
Barrett, T.H. 2017. "Spreading Buddha’s Word in East Asia: The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, edited by Jiang Wu and Lucille Chia. Columbia University Press, 2016. XXII + 405pp. Hb. £52.00. ISBN-13: 9780231171601". Buddhist Studies Review. 33 (1-2): 308-310.
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