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EBOOK Ming Prince and Daoism:Institutional Patronage of an Elite

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199909896
EAN: 51ECF864EB
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Stron: 336
Data wydania: 2012
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Scholars of Daoism in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) have paid particular attention        to the interaction between the court and certain Daoist priests and to the political        results of such interaction; the focus has been on either emperors or Daoist        masters. Yet in the Ming era a special group of people patronized Daoism and Daoist        establishments: these were the members of the imperial clan, who were enfeoffed as        princes. In addition to personal belief and self-cultivation, a prince had other        reasons to patronize Daoism. As the regional overlords, the Ming princes like other        local elites saw financing and organizing temple affairs and rituals, patronizing        Daoist priests, or collecting and producing Daoist books as a chance to maintain        their influence and show off their power. The prosperity of Daoist institutions,        which attracted many worshippers, also demonstrated the princes' political success.          Locally the Ming princes played an important cultural role as well by promoting the        development of local religions. This book is the first to explore the interaction        between Ming princes as religious patrons and local Daoism. Barred by imperial law        from any serious political or military engagement, the Ming princes were ex officio        managers of state rituals at the local level, with Daoist priests as key performers,        and for this reason they became very closely involved in Daoist clerical and        liturgical life. By illuminating the role the Ming princes played in local religion,        Richard Wang demonstrates in The Ming Prince and Daoism that the princedom served to        mediate between official religious policy and the commoners' interests.

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