John Lagerwey, PhD (1975) in Chinese literature, Harvard University, is Professor of Daoism at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris) and of Chinese studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has just published China: a Religious State.
Lü Pengzhi, PhD (1999) Sichuan University, is Associate Professor of Daoism at Sichuan University and visiting scholar at the École française d’Extrême-Orient. His primary publications concern early Heavenly Master Daoism and the history of Daoist ritual.