| The Empress and the Heavenly Masters: A Study of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) Contributor(s): Luk, Yu-Ping (Author) |
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ISBN: 9629966530 ISBN-13: 9789629966539 Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Asian - General - Religion | Taoism (see Also Philosophy - Taoist) |
| Dewey: 299.514 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Religious Orientation - Taoism |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
