UID:
almahu_9949702502402882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781684174546
,
9780674025059
Series Statement:
Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 284
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Peking Taoists in Their Context -- The Taoist Temple Clergy -- The Taoists of the Baiyun Guan -- Monastic Leadership -- Taoists and the Court: Chaplains and Eunuchs -- The Liturgical Functions of the Taoist Clergy -- Taoist Masters and Spiritual Teachings -- Conclusion -- A Brief History of Taoist Death Rituals -- The Taoist Canon in Late Imperial and Modern Peking -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Taoists of Peking, 1800-1949: A Social History of Urban Clerics. Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 2007 ISBN 9780674025059
Language:
English
