| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 258 pages)) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Daoist studies series |
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Daoist studies series.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Zhang huang hou, Consort of Ming Xiaozhong, Emperor of China, 1470-1541 -- Portraits
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| SUBJECT |
Zhang huang hou, Consort of Ming Xiaozhong, Emperor of China, 1470-1541 -- Portraits
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Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang
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| Subject |
Taoist painting -- China
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Taoist painting
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China
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| Genre/Form |
Portraits
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789629968151 |
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9629968150 |
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