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The Ming prince and Daoism institutional patronage of an elite

Title: The Ming prince and Daoism [electronic resource] : institutional patronage of an elite / Richard G. Wang.
Author: Wang, Richard G.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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Description

1 online resource (xxx, 301 p.) : ill., map.

Uniform Title

Ming prince and Daoism (Online)

Alternative Title

Ming prince and Daoism (Online)

Subject

Taoism and state > China > History
Princes > Religious life > History. > China

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-291) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Ming princes: an overview -- Princely ritual institutions -- Ming princes and Daoist ritual -- Cultivation and book -- Temple patronage -- Literary patronage -- Princely contacts with clerics and fashion of Daoist names -- Multi-faceted princely patronage of a Daoist temple -- Genealogical chart of the Ming emperors and their lines of descent -- Numbers of princes under each emperor.

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