The Empress and the Heavenly Masters

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  • The Empress and the Heavenly Masters Book Detail

  • Author : Luk Yuping
  • Release Date : 2016-02-16
  • Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
  • Genre : Religion
  • Pages : 308
  • ISBN 13 : 9629966530
  • File Size : 81,81 MB
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The Empress and the Heavenly Masters by Luk Yuping PDF Summary

Book Description: Over twentyseven meters long, the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) is an important Ming Dynasty Daoist artifact from the San Diego Museum of Art's collection that records the imperial ordination of Empress Zhang (1470–1541), consort of the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488–1505), by Zhang Xuanqing (d. 1509), the fortyseventh Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi institution. This book uncovers the history of imperial ordinations through a detailed examination of the scroll's transcriptions and the meticulouslypainted images of celestial beings, as well as the influences of the Daoist leaders known as the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters.

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