The Cavern-Mystery Transmission A Taoist Ordination Rite of A.D. 711

Very little scholarly research has been done on the institutional structure of Taoism in medieval times. With this study of investiture, Benn attempts to fill that void. He describes the mechanism by which the Taoist priesthood ordered and perpetuated itself, as revealed in a rare account of an ordi...

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Autor Principal: Benn, Charles D. (auth)
Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: University of Hawai'i Press 1991
Series:Asian Studies at Hawaii
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Summary:Very little scholarly research has been done on the institutional structure of Taoism in medieval times. With this study of investiture, Benn attempts to fill that void. He describes the mechanism by which the Taoist priesthood ordered and perpetuated itself, as revealed in a rare account of an ordination rite for two T'ang princesses. He examines the lives of the participants, the hierarchy of the clergy, the liturgy, and the significance of the altar and its furnishings, and discusses other works of Chang Wan-fu, who authored this account.
ISBN:j.ctv9zckmt
9780824880842
9780824813598
Acceso:Open Access