Published in 1957 under title: The parting of the way.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index.
Foreword -- Part One: The problem of Lao Tzu -- Part Two: The Tao Te Ching -- Inaction -- The uncarved block -- Tao -- Seeking the ancestry -- Part Three: The Taoist movement -- The beginnings of Taoism -- The period of syncretism -- The first four centuries A.D.: the interior gods hygiene school -- The Taoist church -- The school of "pure conversation" -- Ko Hung -- After the fourth century: alchemy and hygiene -- The development of the Taoist pantheon -- Taoist church organization -- The Taoist church in politics -- Later philosophical Taoism -- Part Four: Tao today -- Appendix I: The authorship of the Tao Te Ching -- Appendix II: Chronological chart.