The empress and the heavenly masters : a study of the Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) /
Luk, Yu Ping, 1978-
The empress and the heavenly masters : a study of the Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) / Luk Yu-ping. - Hong Kong [China] : Chinese University Press, [2015] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 258 pages)) : illustrations (some color) - Daoist studies series . - Daoist studies series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index.
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.
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.
9789629968151 (electronic bk.) 9629968150 (electronic bk.)
Zhang huang hou, Consort of Ming Xiaozhong, Emperor of China, 1470-1541 --Portraits.
Zhang huang hou, Consort of Ming Xiaozhong, Emperor of China, 1470-1541 --Portraits.
Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang.
Taoist painting--China.
Peinture taoïste--Chine.
Taoist painting.
China.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Portraits.
ND1049.6.O75 / L854 2015
759.951
The empress and the heavenly masters : a study of the Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) / Luk Yu-ping. - Hong Kong [China] : Chinese University Press, [2015] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 258 pages)) : illustrations (some color) - Daoist studies series . - Daoist studies series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index.
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.
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.
9789629968151 (electronic bk.) 9629968150 (electronic bk.)
Zhang huang hou, Consort of Ming Xiaozhong, Emperor of China, 1470-1541 --Portraits.
Zhang huang hou, Consort of Ming Xiaozhong, Emperor of China, 1470-1541 --Portraits.
Ordination scroll of Empress Zhang.
Taoist painting--China.
Peinture taoïste--Chine.
Taoist painting.
China.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Portraits.
ND1049.6.O75 / L854 2015
759.951