Imperiled Destinies: The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China
I. A remedy to save mankind: petitioning heaven. Ritual premises ; Fateful liabilities ; The protagonists and the ransom ; A redemptive program -- II. The interior journey: Lu Xiujing's reformation. Disciple of the Three Caverns ; The Sacred Jewel Retreat ; Set right your heart, set right your...
| Subtitles: | The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
BRILL
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law
118 Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, ISBN: 9789004407077 |
| Further subjects: | B
Taoism
B To 1500 B China B Salvation Taoism B Taoism ; Rituals B History B Taoism (China) History To 1500 B Taoism Rituals History |
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| Summary: | I. A remedy to save mankind: petitioning heaven. Ritual premises ; Fateful liabilities ; The protagonists and the ransom ; A redemptive program -- II. The interior journey: Lu Xiujing's reformation. Disciple of the Three Caverns ; The Sacred Jewel Retreat ; Set right your heart, set right your conduct! ; The dharma-bridge of requital -- III. All under heaven: the Tang synthesis. Paths to initiation ; Sacraments of lay religion ; Instruments of deliverance ; Prayers for a new elite -- Epilogue: Perspectives. Spanning eight centuries, from the second through the tenth century CE, examines the evolution of Daoist beliefs about human liability and redemption, and outlines ritual procedures for rescuing an ill-starred destiny |
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| ISBN: | 1684171024 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9781684171026 |