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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luk, Yu Ping, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Daoist studies series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chronology of the Ming Dynasty
  • Introduction
  • part one. Historical perspectives
  • Imperial ordinations
  • Empress Zhang
  • The heavenly masters
  • part two. Analysis of the Ordination scroll
  • Aspects of the Ordination scroll
  • Celestial beings in the Ordination scroll
  • Inscriptions
  • Conclusion 153
  • Appendix A. Titles of the celestial beings
  • Appendix B. Translation of the main inscription
  • Appendix C. Transcription of the main inscription.