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The Writ of the Three Sovereigns : From Local Lore to Institutional Daoism.
In 648 CE, Tang imperial authorities collected every copy of the Writ of the Three Sovereigns (Sanhuang wen) from the four corners of the empire and burned them. The formidable talismans at its core were said not only to extend their owners' lifespan and protect against misfortune, but also pro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | New Daoist studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Half Title; Full Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Conventions; Introduction; 1. The Writ in Early Medieval Southern China; 2. The Religious Life of Objects: The Talismans of the Writ andTheir Surviving Fragments; 3. Beyond Talismans: Alchemy, Charts, and Meditationin Relation to the Writ; 4. From Local Lore to Universal Dao: The Cavern of Divinity and the Early Daoist Canon; 5. The Writ and Its Corpus: The Rise and Fall of the Cavern of Divinity inInstitutional Daoism; Conclusion
- Appendix 1: List of Variant Titles for the Writ of theThree Sovereigns (Sanhuang wen)in Early Medieval SourcesAppendix 2: Synopsis of the Principal Six Dynasties SourcesContaining Fragments of the Writ of the ThreeSovereigns (Sanhuang wen) and Its Oral Instructions; Appendix 3: Comparative List of Talismans from the"Essential Instructions from the Western Citadelon the Great Characters in Celestial Script ofthe Three Sovereigns" (Xicheng yaojue sanhuangtianwen dazi) and the "Essential functions of theThree Sovereigns" (Sanhuang yaoyong pin)