Lord of the Three in One : : The Spread of a Cult in Southeast China / / Kenneth Dean.

• VerfasserIn: Dean, Kenneth,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; 1998
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (393 p.)

Lin Zhao'en (1517-1598) set out to popularize Confucianism by combining Confucian studies with Daoist inner alchemical techniques and Buddhist Chan philosophy into something he called the Three in One Teachings. Despite periods of clandestine activity since its inception, the Three in One cult...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Illustrations and Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Ritual-Events
• 2. The Apotheosis of Lin Zhao'en
• 3. The Early Disciples
• 4. Inner Alchemy, Scriptures, and Liturgies
• 5. The Three in One in the Qing and Republican Eras
• 6. Ritual Traditions of the Three in One
• 7. Current Cultural Range of the Three in One
• 8. The Three in One in Contemporary China
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Editions of Lin Zhao'en's Writings
• Appendix 2: The Chart of the Inner Landscape of the Nine Stages
• Appendix 3: Summary of the Xiawunijing (Lord Xia Scriptures)
• Appendix 4: Scriptures to Popular Deities: The God of Theater
• Appendix 5: Ritual Documents in the Wubentang Guitiao
• Appendix 6: Ritual Calendars
• Appendix 7: Liturgies: The Purification of a Stage
• Appendix 8: Ritual Spells and Visualizations
• Appendix 9: The Evolution of the Dragon Mountain Hall (1986 Stele Inscription in the Longshantang, Taipei)
• Appendix 10: Chinese Text of the Bentijing
• Appendix 11: List of Three in One Books and Manuscripts
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index