Empress and the heavenly masters, the: a study of the "ordination scroll of empress zhang" (1493)
Auteur :
Yu-ping, Luk
Éditeur :
The Chinese University Press
ISBN :
9789629966539
Date de publication :
30 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
23,1 x 15,4 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
640 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Hong Kong
Explores the history of imperial ordinations through a detailed examination of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493), an important Ming Dynasty Daoist artifact - its transcriptions and meticulously-painted images of celestial beings, as well as the influences of the Daoist leaders known as the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters.