Volume 1: Introduction to the Daozang jiyao and its history; descriptions of the first fourteen sections including detailed entries on extra-canonical texts and short introductions on the canonical texts by Daoist specialists from all over the world.

Volume 2: Analytic survey of Daozang jiyao extra-canonical texts included in the last fourteen sections along with short introductions on canonical texts with special focus on scriptures presenting variants in structure and content.

Volume 3: A comprehensive and analytic Index of the Daozang jiyao.