The Ming prince and Daoism
Subtitle: institutional patronage of an elite
By: Richard G. Wang
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780199767687
Subjects: History; Religious life; Taoism and state; Princes
Description: By illuminating the role princes played in local religion during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Richard Wang demonstrates in in this book that the princedom served to mediate between official religious policy and the commoners' interests.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ming princes: an overview; title: Princely ritual institutions; title: Ming princes and Daoist ritual; title: Cultivation and book; title: Temple patronage; title: Literary patronage; title: Princely contacts with clerics and fashion of Daoist names; title: Multi-faceted princely patronage of a Daoist temple; title: Genealogical chart of the Ming emperors and their lines of descent; title: Numbers of princes under each emperor.