The Empress and the Heavenly Masters: A Study of the ""Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang"" (1493)

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.

• | Author: Luk Yu-ping
• | Publisher: The Chinese University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 30, 2016
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9789629966539
• | ISBN-10: 9629966530