The authors consider the intersection of Daoism and ecology, looking at the theoretical and historical implications associated with a Daoist approach to the environment. They also analyze perspectives found in Daoist religious texts and within the larger Chinese cultural context in order to delineate key issues found in the classical texts. Preface ix Lawrence E. Sullivan Series Foreword xiii Mary Evelyn Tucker John Grim Note on the Romanization of Chinese Terms xxxi Acknowledgments xxxiii Introduction xxxvii N. J. Girardot James Miller Liu Xiaogan Prologue: The Calabash Scrolls lxv Stephen L. Field I. Framing the Issues ``Daoism'' and ``Deep Ecology'': Fantasy and Potentiality 3(20) Jordan Paper Ecological Questions for Daoist Thought: Contemporary Issues and Ancient Texts 23(22) Joanne D. Birdwhistell ``Nature'' as Part of Human Culture in Daoism 45(16) Michael LaFargue Daoism and the Quest for Order 61(10) Terry F. Kleeman Sectional Discussion: What Can Daoism Contribute to Ecology? 71(8) James Miller II. Ecological Readings of Daoist Texts Daoist Ecology: The Inner Transformation. A Study of the Precepts of the Early Daoist Ecclesia 79(16) Kristofer Schipper The Daoist Concept of Central Harmony in the Scripture of Great Peace: Human Responsibility for the Maladies of Nature 95(18) Chi-tim Lai ``Mutual Stealing among the Three Powers'' in the Scripture of Unconscious Unification 113(12) Zhang Jiyu Li Yuanguo Ingesting the Marvelous: The Practitioner's Relationship to Nature According to Ge Hong 125(24) Robert Ford Campany Sectional Discussion: What Ecological Themes Are Found in Daoist Texts? 149(8) James Miller Richard G. Wang Edward Davis III. Daoism and Ecology in a Cultural Context Flowering Apricot: Environmental Practice, Folk Religion, and Daoism 157(28) E. N. Anderson In Search of Dragons: The Folk Ecology of Fengshui 185(16) Stephen L. Field An Introductory Study on Daoist Notions of Wilderness 201(18) Thomas H. Hahn Salvation in the Garden: Daoism and Ecology 219(18) Jeffrey F. Meyer Sectional Discussion: How Successfully Can We Apply the Concepts of Ecology to Daoist Cultural Contexts? 237(8) John Patterson James Miller IV. Toward a Daoist Environmental Philosophy From Reference to Deference: Daoism and the Natural World 245(20) David L. Hall The Local and the Focal in Realizing a Daoist World 265(18) Roger T. Ames ``Responsible Non-Action'' in a Natural World: Perspectives from the Neiye, Zhuangzi, and Daode jing 283(22) Russell Kirkland Metic Intelligence or Responsible Non-Action? Further Reflections on the Zhuangzi, Daode jing, and Neiye 305(10) Lisa Raphals Non-Action and the Environment Today: A Conceptual and Applied Study of Laozi's Philosophy 315(26) Liu Xiaogan Sectional Discussion: What Are the Speculative Implications of Early Daoist Texts for an Environmental Ethics? 341(10) Russell B. Goodman James Miller V. Practical Ecological Concerns in Contemporary Daoism Respecting the Environment, or Visualizing Highest Clarity 351(10) James Miller A Declaration of the Chinese Daoist Association on Global Ecology 361(12) Zhang Jiyu Change Starts Small: Daoist Practice and the Ecology of Individual Lives. A Roundtable Discussion with Liu Ming, Rene Navarro, Linda Varone, Vincent Chu, Daniel Seitz, and Weidong Lu 373(18) Livia Kohn Daoist Environmentalism in the West: Ursula K. Le Guin's Reception and Transmission of Daoism 391(16) Jonathan R. Herman Sectional Discussion: Daoism---A Vital Tradition for the Contemporary Ecological Consciousness 407(4) James Miller Epilogue: Dao Song 411(6) Ursula K. Le Guin Bibliography on Daoism and Ecology 417(10) James Miller Jorge Highland Liu Xiaogan Belle B. L. Tan Zhong Hongzhi Notes on Contributors 427(10) Glossary of Chinese Characters 437(20) Index 457