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050 00 $aN8199.T36$bC64 2012
100 1 $aHuang, Shih-shan Susan.
245 10 $aPicturing the true form :$bDaoist visual culture in traditional China /$cShih-shan Susan Huang.
246 30 $aDaoist visual culture in traditional China
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Asia Center :$bDistributed by Harvard University Press,$c2012.
300 $axxiv, 497 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c27 cm.
490 1 $aHarvard East Asian monographs ;$v342
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [419]-466) and index.
505 0 $aVisual Dimensions -- Conceptual Framework -- Aniconic, Immaterial, and Ephemeral -- Facets of Daoism -- Primary Sources -- Daoist Tu in the Daozang -- Overview of the Book -- INNER CHAPTERS: ESOTERIC UNDERPINNINGS -- 1. Imagery of Body and Cosmos -- Body Gods -- Early Divinities -- Planets and Bureaucrats -- Ritual Activation -- Visualizations of Stars -- Journeys to the Northern Dipper -- Imaginary Star Maps -- Stars in the Body -- Iconic Forms -- Souls and Worms -- The Seven Material Souls and Three Deathbringers -- Physical Parasites -- Control and Elimination -- Illustrating Internal Alchemy -- The Inner Realm -- The Medical Body -- Body Landscapes -- Interior Journeys -- 2. Mapping the World -- Daoist Creation -- Sacred Charts -- Heavens and Upper Worlds -- Vertical Heavens -- Lateral Expansion -- Earthly Paradises -- The Ten Continents and Three Isles -- The Five Sacred Peaks -- Grotto Heavens -- Hells and the Underworld -- Mount Fengdu -- Women in Hell -- 3. True Form Charts -- Metamorphoses of the Man-Bird Mountain -- Man-Bird Writings -- Birds in Heavenly Scripts -- The Five Sacred Peaks -- The Mystical Cosmos -- The Fengshui Connection -- Mountain Treasures -- Minerals and Herbs -- Magical Mushrooms -- 4. Materiality of Daoist Sacred Space -- Forms of Daochang -- The Oratory -- The Public Altar -- Multiple Layers -- Multiple Stages -- Cultural and Religious Sources -- Soul Places -- Ritual Objects -- Flags and Banners -- Mirrors -- Writing Utensils -- Documents -- Spirit Money -- 5. Performing the Salvation Ritual -- The Yellow Register Purgation -- Calling Out the Body Gods -- Ascent and Summons -- Attack on Hell -- Opening the Hells -- The Master's Staff -- Artistic Depictions -- Rescuing Souls -- Bathing and Feeding -- The Water Land Ritual -- Salvation through Refinement -- Internal Visualizations -- The External Rite -- Concluding Ceremonies -- 6. Paintings of Mobile Deities -- Daoist Painters at Work -- Preparation -- Sketchbooks -- Teamwork -- Priests as Painters -- Three Officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water -- Pictorial Formulas -- Annual Festivals -- Pictorial Conventions -- The Heavenly Descent -- Daoist Deities in Procession -- Visualization Practice -- Earthly Excursions -- Tours of Inspection -- The Subjugation of Demons -- The Tree Goblin and the Ape Monster -- Ocean Crossings -- Crossing Over to Salvation -- Thunder Troops -- The Female Soul -- The Ritual Context -- Mobile Deities -- Yellow Register Painting.
650 0 $aTaoist art and symbolism$zChina.
651 0 $aChina$xReligious life and customs.
830 0 $aHarvard East Asian monographs ;$v342.