The Writ of the three sovereigns from local lore to institutional Daoism
In 648 CE, Tang imperial authorities collected every copy of the Writ of the Three Sovereigns (Sanhuang wen) from the four corners of the empire and burned them. The formidable talismans at its core were said not only to extend their owners’ lifespan and protect against misfortune, but also propel t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu, Hawaii
University of Hawaii Press
2019, ©2019
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| Series: | New Daoist studies
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions
- Introduction
- Chapter One. The Writ in Early Medieval Southern China
- Chapter Two. The Religious Life of Objects The Talismans of the Writ and Their Surviving Fragments
- Chapter Three. Beyond Talismans Alchemy, Charts, and Meditation in Relation to the Writ
- Chapter Four. From Local Lore to Universal Dao The Cavern of Divinity and the Early Daoist Canon
- Chapter Five. The Writ and Its Corpus The Rise and Fall of the Cavern of Divinity in Institutional Daoism
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. List of Variant Titles for the Writ of the Three Sovereigns (Sanhuang wen) in Early Medieval Sources
- Appendix 2. Synopsis of the Principal Six Dynasties Sources Containing Fragments of the Writ of the Three Sovereigns (Sanhuang wen) and Its Oral Instructions
- Appendix 3. Comparative List of Talismans from the “Essential Instructions from the Western Citadel on the Great Characters in Celestial Script of the Three Sovereigns” (Xicheng yaojue sanhuang tianwen dazi) and the “Essential functions of the Three Sovereigns” (Sanhuang yaoyong pin)
- Appendix 4. Comparative Inventory of Transmission Gages Associated with the Writ of the Three Sovereigns (Sanhuang wen)
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index