Kristofer Schipper (1934; French nationality) obtained his Ph.D. in 1962, and the French State Doctorate in 1983. As Fellow of the Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient, he did field research in China (1962-1972). He then was called to the chair of Chinese Religions at the Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. In 1975 he established the European Association of Chinese Studies and at its annual conference in 1976 launched the International Daozang Project of the European Science Foundation. Concomitantly with his position in Paris. Kristofer Schipper was appointed in 1993 Professor of Chinese History at Leiden University (Netherlands). Among his best known works are The Taoist Body (The University of California Press, 1994) and The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang (The University of Chicago Press, 2005). Kristofer Schipper is Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. He obtained the Legion of Honor of France and was awarded the gold medal of the Friendship of the Chinese People. He moreover won the Stanislas Julien Prize of the French Academy, the China Book Special Contribution Award, etc.