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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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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.