A library of clouds : the Scripture of the immaculate numen and the rewriting of Daoist texts /

"From early times, Daoist writers claimed to receive scriptures via revelation from heavenly beings. In numerous cases, these writings were composed over the course of many nights and by different mediums. New revelations were often hastily appended, and the resulting unevenness gave rise to th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Pettit, J. E. E. (Author), Chang, Chao-jan, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Chino
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2020.
Series:New Daoist studies.
Subjects:
Dao zang.
Dao zang. > Tai shang Suling Dong xuan da you miao jing.
Dao zang
Taoism.
Taoïsme.
RELIGION > Taoism.
Taoism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title
  • Full Title
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Titles from the Daoist Canon
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I Translators' Introduction
  • Background
  • Chapter One. Thirty-One Fascicles: Cataloguing Scriptures of the Heavens
  • Chapter Two. Three Ones: A Stereoscopic View of a Daoist Hagiography
  • Chapter Three. Five Stars: Remaking Daoist Ritual
  • Chapter Four. Nine Palaces: Later Reconstructions of Upper Clarity
  • Chapter Five. Three Hundred Fascicles: Rethinking the Authorship of Daoist Scriptures
  • Conclusion

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