The Ming Prince and Daoism
Institutional Patronage of an Elite
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 August 2012
- ISBN 9780199767687
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 152x236x25 mm
- Weight 558 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
By illuminating the role princes played in local religion during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 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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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.
A work of outstanding erudition... Richard Wang's The Ming Prince and Daoism will probably become required reading for future research on Chinese religion in general.
Table of Contents:
Prologue
Chapter One: Ming Princes: An Overview
Chapter Two: Princely Ritual Institutions
Chapter Three: Ming Princes and Daoist Ritual
Chapter Four: Cultivation and Book
Chapter Five: Temple Patronage
Chapter Six: Literary Patronage
Chapter Seven: Princely Contacts with Clerics and Fashion of Daoist Names
Epilogue: The Multi-faceted Princely Patronage of a Daoist Temple
Appendix A: Genealogical Chart of the Ming Emperors and Their Lines of Descent
Appendix B: The numbers of princes under each emperor
Notes
Bibliography
Index
