Daoist Identity: History, Lineage, and Ritual 9780824862138
Daoist Identity is an exploration of the various means by which Daoists over the centuries have created an identity for
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Early Formations
1. Ethnic Identity and Daoist Identity in Traditional China
2. Confession of Sins and Awareness of Self in the Taiping jing
3. “Opening the Way” Exorcism, Travel, and Soteriology in Early Daoist Mortuary Practice and Its Antecedents
Part II. Texts and Symbols
4. Traditional Taxonomies and Revealed Texts in the Han
5. Material Culture and the Dao Textiles, Boats, and Zithers in the Poetry of Yu Xuanji (844–868)
6. A Mid-Ming Reappraisal of the Laozi The Case of Wang Dao
Part III. Lineages and Local Culture
7. Arms and the Dao, 2 The Xu Brothers in Tea Country
8. Identity and Lineage The Taiyi jinhua zongzhi and the Spirit-Writing Cult to Patriarch Lü in Qing China
9. Manifestations of Lüzu in Modern Guangdong and Hong Kong The Rise and Growth of Spirit-Writing Cults
Part IV. Ritual Boundaries
10. Fang Yankou and Pudu Translation, Metaphor, and Religious Identity
11. Daoist Hand Signs and Buddhist Mudras
12. Documents Used in Rituals of Merit in Taiwanese Daoism
13. Offerings in Daoist Ritual
Glossary
Names of Authors Cited
Contributors
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Early Formations
1. Ethnic Identity and Daoist Identity in Traditional China
2. Confession of Sins and Awareness of Self in the Taiping jing
3. “Opening the Way” Exorcism, Travel, and Soteriology in Early Daoist Mortuary Practice and Its Antecedents
Part II. Texts and Symbols
4. Traditional Taxonomies and Revealed Texts in the Han
5. Material Culture and the Dao Textiles, Boats, and Zithers in the Poetry of Yu Xuanji (844–868)
6. A Mid-Ming Reappraisal of the Laozi The Case of Wang Dao
Part III. Lineages and Local Culture
7. Arms and the Dao, 2 The Xu Brothers in Tea Country
8. Identity and Lineage The Taiyi jinhua zongzhi and the Spirit-Writing Cult to Patriarch Lü in Qing China
9. Manifestations of Lüzu in Modern Guangdong and Hong Kong The Rise and Growth of Spirit-Writing Cults
Part IV. Ritual Boundaries
10. Fang Yankou and Pudu Translation, Metaphor, and Religious Identity
11. Daoist Hand Signs and Buddhist Mudras
12. Documents Used in Rituals of Merit in Taiwanese Daoism
13. Offerings in Daoist Ritual
Glossary
Names of Authors Cited
Contributors
Index
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