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The Empress and the Heavenly Masters: A Study of the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493)

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Over twenty-seven meters long, the Ordination Scroll of Empress Zhang (1493) is an important Ming Dynasty Daoist artifact from the San Diego Museum of Art's collection. It is a record of the imperial ordination of Empress Zhang (1470–1541), consort of the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi emperor (r. 1488–1505), by Zhang Xuanqing (d. 1509), the forty-seventh Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi institution. This book builds a history of imperial ordinations through a detailed examination of the scroll's transcriptions and meticulously painted images of celestial beings, and it examines the influences of the Daoist leaders known as the Zhengyi Heavenly Masters.

Author(s): Luk Yu-Ping
Series: Daoist Studies
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Year: 2016

Language: English
Pages: 220
City: Hong Kong

Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Figures
Chronology of the Ming Dynasty
Introduction
Part 1. Historical Perspectives
1. Imperial Ordinations
2. Empress Zhang
3. The Heavenly Masters
Part 2. Analysis of the Ordination Scroll
4. Aspects of the Ordination Scroll
5. Celestial Beings in the Ordination Scroll
6. Inscriptions
Conclusion
Appendix A. Titles of Celestial Beings
Appendix B. Translation of the Main Inscription
Appendix C. Transcription of the Main Inscription
Notes
Bibliography
Index