Description: Further DetailsTitle: Lineages Embedded in Temple NetworksCondition: NewSubtitle: Daoism and Local Society in Ming ChinaISBN-10: 0674270967EAN: 9780674270961ISBN: 9780674270961Publisher: Harvard University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/18/2022Description: Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks explores the key role played by elite Daoists in social and cultural life in Ming China, notably by mediating between local networks—biological lineages, territorial communities, temples, and festivals—and the state. They did this through their organization in clerical lineages—their own empire-wide networks for channeling knowledge, patronage, and resources—and by controlling central temples that were nodes of local social structures.In this book, the only comprehensive social history of local Daoism during the Ming largely based on literary sources and fieldwork, Richard G. Wang delineates the interface between local organizations (such as lineages and temple networks) and central state institutions. The first part provides the framework for viewing Daoism as a social institution in regard to both its religious lineages and its service to the state in the bureaucratic apparatus to implement state orthodoxy. The second part follows four cases to reveal the connections between clerical lineages and local networks. Wang illustrates how Daoism claimed a universal ideology and civilizing force that mediated between local organizations and central state institutions, which in turn brought meaning and legitimacy to both local society and the state.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Richard G. WangGenre: HistoryBook Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph SeriesItem Width: 30mmItem Weight: 703gRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks
Title: Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks
Subtitle: Daoism and Local Society in Ming China
ISBN-10: 0674270967
EAN: 9780674270961
ISBN: 9780674270961
Release Date: 10/18/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Book Title: Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks : Daoism and Local Society in Ming China
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
Topic: Taoism (See Also Philosophy / Taoist), Social History, General, Asia / China
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2022
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, History
Item Weight: 20 oz
Author: Richard G. Wang
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
