1. Ames, Roger T. 1994. The art of rulership: A study of ancient Chinese political thought. Albany: State University of New York Press. (A major study of the “Zhushu” chapter of the Huainanzi.)
2. Chang, L.S., and Y. Feng. 1998. The four political treatises of Huangdi: Original Mawangdui texts with complete English translations and an introduction. Honolulu: University of Hawaiì Press. (A translation of the texts that precede version B of the Laozi in Mawangdui Boshu, with a good introduction to Huang-Lao tradition and scholarly appendices.)
3. Chen, Li-kuei 陳麗桂. 1991. Huang-Lao thought of the Warring States period 戰國時期的黃老思想. Taipei: Lijing chuban shiye gongsi. (A textual study of Huang-Lao thought in the Warring states period with a special focus on the Boshu, the Guanzi, the Shenzi [Shen Dao], the Shenzi [Shen Buhai], and the Hanfeizi.)
4. Chen, Li-kuei 陳麗桂. 1998. Bibliography of research on Han philosophers, 1912–1996 兩漢諸子研究論著目錄 1912–1996. Taipei: Center for Chinese Studies. (A historical overview of the secondary literature on Han Philosophers published in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in the period of 1912–1996. Major Japanese language and English language publications are also included.)
5. Creel, Herrlee G. 1970. What is Taoism? And other studies in Chinese cultural history. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. (An insightful discussion of the difference between contemplative Daoism and purposive Daoism.)