Audiobooks & videos 聽經

Listen to the classics while you rest, walk or practise. Every video plays right here on the page, and each creator is credited and linked.

Most audiobooks here are LibriVox recordings of public-domain translations, read by volunteers and free for everyone. The other videos are shared with full credit to their creators. Figures In Space is not affiliated with them. If you are a creator and would like a video removed, just ask.

Introductions

What is Daoism?

A clear academic introduction to Daoist history: Laozi, the Celestial Masters, Quanzhen and modern practice.

Channel

ReligionForBreakfast (all credit to the creator)

Length

25:47

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What is Daoism?

Philosophy and religion together. A thoughtful overview for newcomers.

Channel

Let's Talk Religion (all credit to the creator)

Length

27:54

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Daodejing

The Tao Teh King, read by Eric S. Piotrowski

James Legge's 1891 translation (the same text hosted on this site), a public-domain LibriVox recording.

Channel

LibriVox Audiobooks (all credit to the creator)

Length

1:35:01

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Daodejing, read by redaer

A second public-domain LibriVox reading of the Daodejing.

Channel

LibriVox Audiobooks (all credit to the creator)

Length

1:59:25

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Zhuangzi

Musings of a Chinese Mystic (Chuang Tzu), tr. Lionel Giles

Selections from the Zhuangzi in Lionel Giles' 1906 translation, a public-domain LibriVox recording.

Channel

LibriVox Audiobooks (all credit to the creator)

Length

2:27:52

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Liezi

The Book of Lieh-Tzu, read by Chris Masterson

Lionel Giles' 1912 Taoist Teachings from the Book of Lieh-Tzu, a public-domain LibriVox recording.

Channel

LibriVox Audiobooks (all credit to the creator)

Length

2:56:29

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Yijing

Yi King – The Book of Changes (Part 1)

James Legge's 1882 translation of the Yijing, a public-domain LibriVox recording.

Channel

LibriVox Audiobooks (all credit to the creator)

Length

7:00:52

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The Texts of Taoism (Legge)

The Texts of Taoism, Part 1 (James Legge)

Legge's Sacred Books of the East vol. 39: Daodejing and Zhuangzi with introductions. A LibriVox-sourced recording.

Channel

Full Length Audiobooks (all credit to the creator)

Length

10:58:16

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The Texts of Taoism, Part 2 (James Legge)

SBE vol. 40: the rest of Zhuangzi, the Taishang Ganying Pian, Qingjing Jing, Yinfu Jing and more.

Channel

Full Length Audiobooks (all credit to the creator)

Length

8:00:15

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Qingjing Jing

The Classic of Purity and Tranquility

A short reading of the Qingjing Jing from a tai chi school.

Channel

San San Tai Chi (all credit to the creator)

Length

2:27

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Yinfu Jing

The Huangdi Yinfujing

An introduction to and reading of the Yinfu Jing.

Channel

The Quick Rundown (all credit to the creator)

Length

26:20

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Morality books

Yin Chih Wen – The Tract of the Quiet Way (1906)

The Suzuki & Carus 1906 translation of a classic Daoist morality text.

Channel

New Library of Alexandria (all credit to the creator)

Length

45:12

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Inner alchemy

The Secret of the Golden Flower – a synthesis

A meditative synthesis of the inner-alchemy classic.

Channel

Samaneri Jayasāra – Wisdom of the Masters (all credit to the creator)

Length

45:39

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Wudang

Wudang Mountains: finding the 'way' in a Taoist mecca

A short visit to the temples and practitioners of Wudang.

Channel

CGTN (all credit to the creator)

Length

5:19

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Earth Untold: Wudang Mountains

A full documentary on the Wudang Mountains, their temples and their martial arts.

Channel

Free Documentary (all credit to the creator)

Length

50:01

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My journey as a Daoist priest in Wudang

An American practitioner's life as a Daoist on Wudang.

Channel

CGTN (all credit to the creator)

Length

29:08

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Temples

White Cloud Temple, Beijing

The ancestral temple of Quanzhen Daoism.

Channel

Chinatripedia (all credit to the creator)

Length

5:07

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