El Daozang, Tao Tzang (道藏, Tesoro del Tao) o Canon taoísta es un texto sagrado formado por unos cinco mil textos individuales, compilados en torno al año 400 (y más recientemente, del Libro de Zhuangzi y del Tao Te King). Fueron recogidos por un monje taoísta del periodo, con el fin de unir todo el patrimonio filosófico y religioso del taoísmo, incluso comentarios y exposiciones de varios maestros sobre las enseñanzas originales del Tao Te King y del Zhuangzi. El texto está dividido en tres secciones, que respetan las divisiones del Tipitaka budista. Estas tres divisiones están respectivamente dedicadas a la técnicas meditativas, a los rituales y a los exorcismos. Las tres secciones corresoponden a tres niveles de iniciación de un daoshi, un presbítero taoísta, van, de hecho, de la iniciación de nivel básico, el exorcismo, a la de nivel más alto, la meditación.

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Daozang (Chinese: 道藏; pinyin: Dàozàng; Wade-Giles: Tao Tsang), meaning "Taoist Canon", consists of around 1,400 texts that were collected c. 400 (after the Dao De Jing and Zhuang Zi which are the core Taoist texts). They were collected by Taoist monks of the period in an attempt to bring together all of the teachings of Taoism, including all the commentaries and expositions of the various masters from the original teachings found in the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi. It was split into Three Grottoes, which mirrors the Buddhist Tripitaka (three baskets) division. These three divisions were based on the main focus of Taoism in Southern China during the time it was made, namely; meditation, ritual, and exorcism. These Three Grottoes were used as levels for the initiation of Taoist masters, from lowest (exorcism) to highest (meditation). As well as the Three Grottoes there were Four Supplements that were added to the Canon c. 500. These were mainly taken from older core Taoist texts (e.g. Tao Te Jing) apart from one which was taken from an already established and separate philosophy known as Tianshi Dao (Way of the Heavenly Masters). Although the above can give the appearance that the Canon is highly organized, this is far from the truth. Although the present-day Canon does preserve the core divisions, there are substantial forks in the arrangement due to the later addition of commentaries, revelations and texts elaborating upon the core divisions.

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