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Picturing the true form :Daoist visual culture in traditional China

  • 作者: Huang, Shih-shan Susan.
  • 出版: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center :Distributed by Harvard University Press 2012.
  • 稽核項: xxiv, 497 p. :ill. (some col.) ;26 cm.
  • 叢書名: Harvard East Asian monographs ;342
  • 標題: Taoist art and symbolism. , China Religious life and customs. , Religious life and customs. , China
  • ISBN: 0674065735 , 9780674065734
  • 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Visual Dimensions -- Conceptual Framework -- Aniconic, Immaterial, and Ephemeral -- Facets of Daoism -- Primary Sources -- Daoist Tu in the Daozang -- Overview of the Book -- INNER CHAPTERS: ESOTERIC UNDERPINNINGS -- 1.Imagery of Body and Cosmos -- Body Gods -- Early Divinities -- Planets and Bureaucrats -- Ritual Activation -- Visualizations of Stars -- Journeys to the Northern Dipper -- Imaginary Star Maps -- Stars in the Body -- Iconic Forms -- Souls and Worms -- The Seven Material Souls and Three Deathbringers -- Physical Parasites -- Control and Elimination -- Illustrating Internal Alchemy -- The Inner Realm -- The Medical Body -- Body Landscapes -- Interior Journeys -- 2.Mapping the World -- Daoist Creation -- Sacred Charts -- Heavens and Upper Worlds -- Vertical Heavens -- Lateral Expansion -- Earthly Paradises -- The Ten Continents and Three Isles -- The Five Sacred Peaks -- Grotto Heavens -- Hells and the Underworld -- Mount Fengdu -- Women in Hell -- 3.True Form Charts -- Metamorphoses of the Man-Bird Mountain -- Man-Bird Writings -- Birds in Heavenly Scripts -- The Five Sacred Peaks -- The Mystical Cosmos -- The Fengshui Connection -- Mountain Treasures -- Minerals and Herbs -- Magical Mushrooms -- 4.Materiality of Daoist Sacred Space -- Forms of Daochang -- The Oratory -- The Public Altar -- Multiple Layers -- Multiple Stages -- Cultural and Religious Sources -- Soul Places -- Ritual Objects -- Flags and Banners -- Mirrors -- Writing Utensils -- Documents -- Spirit Money -- 5.Performing the Salvation Ritual -- The Yellow Register Purgation -- Calling Out the Body Gods -- Ascent and Summons -- Attack on Hell -- Opening the Hells -- The Master's Staff -- Artistic Depictions -- Rescuing Souls -- Bathing and Feeding -- The Water Land Ritual -- Salvation through Refinement -- Internal Visualizations -- The External Rite -- Concluding Ceremonies -- 6.Paintings of Mobile Deities -- Daoist Painters at Work -- Preparation -- Sk
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In this richly illustrated book, Shih-shan Susan Huang investigates the visual culture of Daoism, Chinaâe(tm)s primary indigenous religion, from the tenth through thirteenth centuries with references to earlier and later times. Huang shows how Daoist image-making goes beyond the usual dichotomy of text and image to incorporate writings in image design.
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