The second edition of the almanac “The Religious World of China” includes works on Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese folk beliefs. Within the framework of the relevant headings, the reader is presented with studies on such topics as Shangqing Taoism and the cult of the fox in China, as well as two early articles by Yu. K. Shchutsky. This issue is dedicated to the memory of the classic of Russian Sinological religious studies, one of the creators of this almanac E. A. Torchinov (1956 - 2003). CONTENTS: To the reader 5 BUDDHISM Saramati. “Da sheng fa jie wu cha be lun” (“Mahayana treatise on the fact that there are no differences in the dharma world”). Introductory article, translation and commentary by E. A. Torchinov. Preparation of the text, notes by E. A. Kiya 9C. V. Filonov. On the influence of mutual contacts between Buddhism and Taoism on the formation of the structure of the Taoist Canon (preliminary analysis) 31 TAOISM. A. Torchinov. What is Taoism? Experience in building a new model. Preface, preparation of the text, notes by E. A. Kiya 43 Wen Jiang, L. A. Gorobets. Qingchengshan - the cradle of Taoism 67Shangqing Taoismpp. V. Filonov. Shangqing Taoism: at the origins of tradition (based on the work of Tao Hong-ching “Zhen gao”) 85Tao Hong-ching. “Zhen Gao” (“Sayings of the Perfect Ones”). The history of books from heaven of the highest purity. Introduction, translation, comments by S. V. Filonov 115 Works of Yu. K. Shchutsky on Taoism. K. Shchutsky. Taoist in Buddhism (1927) 165Yu. K. Shchutsky. The main problems in the history of the text of Lieh Tzu (1928) 181 POPULAR BELIEFS. N. Alin. Beliefs and superstitious customs of the Chinese related to agricultural pests (1946) 195Chinese beliefs about birds. Translation and preface by I. G. Baranov 205Ya. J. M. de Groot. Demon birds (translation by E. V. Volchkova) 209 Cult of the fox. J. M. de Groot. Demon foxes (translation by E. V. Volchkova) 219I. A. Alimov. The Chinese cult of the fox and “The Amazing Encounter in Western Shu” by Li Hsien-ming (1993) 239A. M. Yakovlev. The Were-Fox (1940) 267K. M. Tertitsky. The cult of the fox in Manchuria in the 1920s - 1940s 273In MemoriamE. A. Kiy. Evgeny Alekseevich Torchinov (1956 - 2003) 309