The empress and the heavenly masters :: a study of the Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) /

Over twenty-seven 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. It is a record of the imperial ordination of Empress Zhang (1470-1541), consort of the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488-1...

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Main Author: Luk, Yu Ping, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong [China] : Chinese University Press, [2015]
Series:Daoist studies series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Over twenty-seven 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. It is a record of the imperial ordination of Empress Zhang (1470-1541), consort of the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488-1505), by Zhang Xuanqing (d. 1509), the forty-seventh Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi institution. This book builds a history of imperial ordinations through a detailed examination of the scroll's transcriptions and meticulously painted images of celestial beings, and it examines the influences of the Daoist leaders known as the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 258 pages)) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index.
ISBN:9789629968151
9629968150

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