The Empress and the Heavenly Masters
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| Author | : Yu Ping Luk |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : |
| ISBN-10 | : 9629968150 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9789629968151 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Empress and the Heavenly Masters by : Yu Ping Luk
Book excerpt: 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.
