A Library of Clouds: The Scripture of the Immaculate Numen and the Rewriting of Daoist Texts - Rilegato

Pettit, J. E. E.; Chang, Chao-jan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 082488292X ISBN 13: 9780824882921

Casa editrice: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2020

Riassunto

"From early times, Daoist writers claimed to receive scriptures via revelation from heavenly beings. In numerous cases, these writings were composed over the course of many nights and by different mediums. New revelations were often hastily appended, andthe resulting unevenness gave rise to the impression that Daoist texts often appear slapdash and contain contradictions. A Library of Clouds focuses on the re-writing of Daoist scriptures in the Upper Clarity (Shangqing) lineage in fourth- and fifth-century China. Scholarship on Upper Clarity Daoism has been dominated by attempts to uncover "original" or "authentic" texts, which has resulted in the neglect of later scriptures-including the work fully translated and annotated here, the Scripture of the Immaculate Numen, one of the Three Wonders (sanqi) and among the most prized Daoist texts in medieval China. The scripture's lack of a coherent structure and its different authorial voices have led many to see it not as a unified work but the creation of different editors who shaped and reshaped it over time. A Library of Clouds constructs new ways of understanding the complex authorship of texts like the Scripture of the Immaculate Numen and their place in early medieval Daoism. It stresses their significance in understanding the ways in which manuscripts were written, received, and distributed in early medieval China. By situating the scripture within its immediate hagiographic and ritual contexts, it suggests that this kind of revelatory literature is best understood as a pastiche of ideas, a process of weaving together previously circulating notions and beliefs into a new scriptural fabric"--

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 082488292X
• ISBN 13: 9780824882921
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 355
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