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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong [China] :
Chinese University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Daoist studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 258 pages)) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789629968151 9629968150 |