[1] Du Guangting made significant contributions to the development of Daoist ritual practice, especially regarding the popular fasting retreats (zhai).
[3] His works draw on the liturgies and scriptures of both the Celestial Masters and the Numinous Treasure traditions of Daoism.
This was necessary as during the Huang Chao rebellion (880–885) and the sack of Chang'an, many Daoist scriptures were lost.
His most famous work was a short novel entitled The Man with the Curly Beard (虯髯客傳), sometimes considered the earliest novel in the wuxia genre.
[5] He also wrote numerous works on Daoist myths, supernatural stories and legends.