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Gender, Power, and Talent : the Journey of Daoist Priestesses in Tang China.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: La Vergne : Columbia University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231545495
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BL1923 .G463 2018
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Rise of Daoist Priestesses as a Gendered Religio-Social Group; 2. Destiny and Power of the Ordained Royal Women; 3. Religious Leadership, Practice, and Ritual Function; 4. Liu Moran and the Daoist Theory of Inner Cultivation; 5. Longevity Techniques and Medical Theory: The Legacy of Hu Yin; 6. The Yaochi ji and Three Daoist Priestess-Poets; 7. Unsold Peony: The Life and Poetry of the Priestess-Poet Yu Xuanji; Conclusion.

Appendix: Du Guangting and the Hagiographies of Tang Daoist WomenNotes; Bibliography; Index.

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