Ritual and Self-Cultivation in the Daoist Practice of “Oblatory Refinement”
This article describes a Daoist salvific ritual called jilian 祭鍊, “oblatory refinement,” as presented within a ritual manual written by Zheng Sixiao 鄭思肖 (1241-1318). Zheng’s formulation of this ritual and his extensive commentary on its individual elements show that he regards this ritual not only a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Numen
Year: 2019, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-72 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zheng, Sixiao 1241-1318
/ Taoism
/ Ritual book
/ Higher Self
/ Redemption
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
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Meditation
B Daoism B Alchemy B Ritual B Efficacy B self-cultivation B Sincerity |
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