Celestial masters : : history and ritual in early daoist communities / / Terry F. Kleeman.

In 142 CE, the divine Lord Lao descended to Mount Cranecall (Sichuan province) to establish a new covenant with humanity through a man named Zhang Ling, the first Celestial Master. Facing an impending apocalypse caused by centuries of sin, Zhang and his descendants forged a communal faith centering...

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Superior document:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 102
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 102.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 425 pages) :; illustrations, maps
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