The Writ of the three sovereigns : from local lore to institutional Daoism / by Dominic Steavu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dominic, Steavu, author.

Series:

New Daoist studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

San huang wen.

Taoism--China--History--To 1500.

Taoism.

Talismans--China--History--To 1500.

Talismans.

Incantations--China--History--To 1500.

Incantations.

History.

China.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 370 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Hong Kong] : The Centre for Studies of Daoist Culture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press ; Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2019]

Contents:

Introduction

The Writ in early medieval southern China

The religious life of objects: the talismans of the Writ and their surviving fragments

Beyond talismans: alchemy, charts, and meditation in relation to the Writ

From local lore to universal Dao: the cavern of divinity and the early Daoist canon

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:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780824878252

0824878256

9789882370999

9882370993

OCLC:

1048941079