The Empress and the Heavenly Masters : A Study of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang

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.

• | : Yu-ping Luk
• | Publisher: The Chinese University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 30, 2016
• | Country of Publication: Hong Kong
• | Number of Pages: 220 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 9629966530
• | ISBN-13: 9789629966539