道教诗是反映道教生活、表现神仙理想或借助道教神仙意向来抒写超凡脱俗情感的诗歌作品。
道教诗发端甚早：在东汉的《太平经》中，便可略见端倪。该书卷三十八载有一篇九十三字的《师策文》，已注意用韵，似为七言诗的雏形。与《太平经》同时代的《周易参同契》多用四言、五言及骚体赋体裁。《参同契》的文体虽然不纯，但运用诗歌形式以论炼丹的特点却也是显而易见的。东汉以降，道教组织逐步壮大，道教诗也随之增加和日趋成熟。魏晋南北朝间，不仅在道门中秘传著炼丹诗、咒语诗，而且在社会上流行著游仙诗。
炼丹诗是以炼丹为内容的诗歌作品：从形式上看，炼丹有外丹、内丹之分，故而炼丹诗的内容也有内丹、外丹之别，或主内丹、或主外丹，或内外兼而有之。如《太清金液神丹经》卷上所载的一篇504字歌谣，以七言一句的形式，运用象徵的文学手法，暗示炼丹原理和作用。其意象的运用颇为隐晦，但其比喻与象徵手法则又增加了作品的生动性。
在炼丹诗秘传之际，道门中人还注意创作咒语诗。咒语本是一种祝告之辞。相传黄帝时已有咒语传世。道教产生之际，咒语成为道士们召神驱鬼、治病求道的一种形式。到了魏晋时期，咒语更加发展起来。咒语有散文体和诗体两种，但以诗体居多。较著名者有《真文咒》、《三皇咒》、《洞渊神咒》等。咒语诗不仅注意模拟自然声响与节奏，而且表现出明显的爱憎情绪；同时咒语诗也注意典故的应用与气氛的渲染，甚至还有一定的场面描绘。
除了炼丹诗、咒语诗外，魏晋南北朝的游仙诗在社会上也有较大的影响。游仙诗是一种歌咏神仙漫游之诗篇，它的渊源可以追溯到战国时代的《楚辞》，如屈原的《远游》，也不乏仙人漫游的描绘，颇多浪漫色彩。在道风盛行的背景下，游仙诗遂应运而生。其体裁多为五言，句数不等。梁萧统《文选》首列游仙诗为文学体裁之一。从作者身份来看，游仙诗可分为道人游仙诗和文人游仙诗。道人游仙诗与文人的游仙诗都表现出「冲举飞升，遨游八极」的浪漫色彩和奇幻的想象力。不同点是：道人的游仙诗往往是崇道思想与神游境界的结合。
唐宋以来，反映道教生活和追求成仙的诗歌日益繁荣起来。一方面是道人们热心于诗歌创作，如著名道士吕洞宾、施肩吾等结合山水名胜的描写，表现自己对道教宗旨的见解和神仙信念，通过修道方法的描述，以昭示道教教义的深奥哲理。另一方面，许多文人在受到道风濡染或者观察体验了道教生活之后，也创作了一些此类题材的诗歌作品。从隋末唐初的诗人王绩到盛唐诗人孟浩然、李白，从北宋西昆派代表杨亿、张咏到南宋诗人杨万里，都有吟咏道事、游仙畅玄的诗作行世。在这些诗人中，有的思想旨趣基本上与道教的神仙理想合拍，有的虽然并不那么虔诚相信道教，但在他们的创作中又往往表现出追求道教神仙的意境。
道教诗因其内容独特，表现手法多彩多姿，在中国文学史上具有不可磨灭的贡献。
Taoism Taoist poetry reflects life, performance or use of immortal gods good intention to describe vulgarity emotional poetry.
Taoist poetry very early start: In the Eastern Han Dynasty "peace through" in the can slightly see the clues. The book contains a 90 Volume III of 18 words of "division policy paper", has been taken to use rhyme, like the prototype for the Piece. And "Peace by" contemporary "Kinship" multi-use four words, Wu Yan and Li Sao genre. "Tong Qi" style though impure, but the use of poetry to the characteristics of alchemy it is also obvious. Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoism gradually growing organization, Taoist poetry have increased and matured. Wei, the only door in the esoteric with alchemy in the poem, spell poetry, and in the community is popular poetry about immortals.
Alchemy alchemy for the content of poetry is poetry: From the formal point of view, there are foreign Dan alchemy, inner alchemy of the points, Guer alchemy poem's contents Inner alchemy, the other outside the Dan, or the main inner alchemy, or the main foreign Dan or a combination of inside and outside. Such as "too pure gold liquid Shendan by" volume on the words contained in a 504 songs to Seven a form of symbolic literary devices used, suggesting the role of theory and alchemy. The use of their images rather vague, but its metaphors and figurative works are also increased vitality.
In the alchemy esoteric poetry occasion, the door also note that the human creative spell poetry. This is a Zhugu spell the words. According to legend, when the Yellow Emperor has been handed down spell. The occasion of Taoism, Taoist spells as they call God exorcism, healing a form of Tao. To the Wei and Jin Dynasties, spell more developed. Spell with prose and verse two, but mostly verse. Were better known as "True Man Curse", "Three Wise Kings Curse", "Dong Yuan spiritual mantra" so. Curse poetry not only pay attention to simulating natural sound and rhythm, and showed obvious love and hate emotions; the same time also pay attention to poetic allusions spell the application and render the atmosphere, and even some scenes depicted.
Taoist poetry because of its unique content, expression means colorful in the history of Chinese literature with an indelible contribution.
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