The Cavern-Mystery Transmission: A Taoist Ordination Rite of A.D. 711

dc.contributor.authorBenn, Charles D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-05T20:13:05Z
dc.date.available2019-06-05T20:13:05Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.sponsorshipHumanities Open Book Program, a joint initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
dc.identifier.isbn9780824880859
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/62911
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subjectPHILOSOPHY / Taoist
dc.titleThe Cavern-Mystery Transmission: A Taoist Ordination Rite of A.D. 711
dc.typebook
dcterms.descriptionVery little scholarly research has been done on the institutional structure of Taoism in medieval times. With this study of investiture, Benn attempts to fill that void. He describes the mechanism by which the Taoist priesthood ordered and perpetuated itself, as revealed in a rare account of an ordination rite for two T'ang princesses. He examines the lives of the participants, the hierarchy of the clergy, the liturgy, and the significance of the altar and its furnishings, and discusses other works of Chang Wan-fu, who authored this account.
dcterms.extent206 Pages
dcterms.languageeng
dcterms.publisherHonolulu: University of Hawaii Press
dcterms.typetext

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