History of Taoist Literature in the Ming Dynasty", by Yu Laiming, Fang Xian, and Bai Jinjie, Northern Literature and Art Publishing House, July 2019 edition, 2nd printing in August 2023.
IntroductionAs one of the 12 volumes and 25 volumes of The History of Chinese Religious Literature, the History of Taoist Literature in the Ming Dynasty is not only consistent with other volumes of the history of religious literature, but also has its own special features. The evolution of Taoist literature in the Ming Dynasty was different from that of previous generations, and the number of works expressing Taoist themes in operas and other genres increased rapidly, but these works were often not written by Taoists. How to deal with the relationship between the creation of Taoist literature and the creation of Taoist literature by foreign scholars will, to a certain extent, determine what kind of appearance the writing of Taoist literary history in the Ming Dynasty will be presented to readers, and what level it can ultimately reach.
The book is mainly based on the creation of Taoists, and the main Taoist literary writers involved are Zhang Sanfeng, Zhang Yuchu, Zhao Yizhen, Liu Yuanran, Zhou Side, Sun Biyun, Deng Qingyang, Lu Xixing, Wu Shouyang, Wang Changyue, Wang Yiqing, etc., and the relevant content of the Taoist narrative in the "two beats" is used as a window to see the relationship between Taoism and Taoism in the Ming Dynasty, history and reality, and see the overall appearance through its glimpse. Inevitable, there are shortcomings, but they do not cause the main theme of the book to fall into the realm of "Taoism and literature".
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction.
Section 1: The Objects and Characters of the History of Taoist Literature in the Ming Dynasty.
Section 2 Documents and Texts for the Study of the History of Taoism in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter 2 Taoism and Taoist priests in the Ming Dynasty and their influence on society and culture.
Section 1: Taoism in the Construction of State Ethics in the Ming Dynasty.
Section 2 Taoist priests in the state system of the Ming Dynasty.
Section 3: The Influence of Taoism on Ideology, Culture and Social Life in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter 3 Zhang Sanfeng's Taoism, Literary Thought and Creation
Section 1: The Enigmatic Background, Whereabouts, and Writings.
Section 2 The Genealogy of Zhang Sanfeng's Taoist Thought.
Section 3 Zhang Sanfeng's Literary and Artistic Thoughts and Creations.
Section 4 Zhang Sanfeng and the prosperity of Wudang in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter 4 Zhang Yuchu's Writings, Thoughts, and Literary Creations.
Section 1 Examination of the original "Da Quan Collection".
Section 2: The Origin and Genealogy of Zhang Yuchu's Taoist Thought.
Section 3 Emotions and sorrows seen in Zhang Yuchu's poems.
Chapter 5 Other Taoist Creations in the Early and Middle Ming Dynasty
Section 1: Zhao Yizhen's Ideological Genealogy and Poetry Creation.
Section 2: Liu Yuanran's Thoughts and Writings.
Section 3 Zhou Side's "Shangqing Lingbao Jidu Dacheng Golden Book" and poetry creation.
Section 4 Sun Biyun's Life and Writings.
Section 5 Deng Qingyang's Life, Travels and Works.
Section 6 Jiajing Two Taoist Priests - Shao Yuanjie and Tao Zhongwen.
Chapter 6 Lu Xixing's Ideological World and Literary Creation.
Section 1: Lu Xixing's Life and Writings.
Section 2 Lu Xixing's Ideological Physiognomy.
Section 3 "The Sound of the Voice" - Traveling and Chanting.
Chapter 7 Taoist Priests and Their Writings in the Late Ming Dynasty
Section 1 The essence of Wu Shouyang Neidan's thought.
Section 2 Wang Changyue's Religious Practice and the Revival of the Longmen School.
Section 3 The Ideological Physiognomy of Wang Yiqing's "Commentary on the Tao Te Ching".
Chapter 8 Taoist Narratives in Ming Dynasty Folk Literature: Taking "Two Beats" as the Object of Investigation.
Section 1 Encountering Immortals: Outside the Square and Inside the Square.
Section 2 Cultivating Immortals: Lust and Abstinence.
Section 3 Practice: Keeping and Breaking Precepts.
Chapter 9 The Taoist Literary Activities of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Family.
Section 1 The general situation of the Ming Dynasty's royal family's worship of Taoism.
Section 2: Zhu Quan's Taoist Thought and Literary Creation.
Section 3 Zhu Youlian's Taoist Literary Creations.
Appendix Collection of Taoist Writings of the Ming Dynasty.
Main bibliography references.
Postscript. Postscript. Although the Taoist literature of the Ming Dynasty is a topic of interest to me, I have never written about it before. The writing of this little book really stemmed from a task that could not be refused: Brother Guangzheng, the editor-in-chief of the book series, was not only a senior alumnus of my undergraduate, but also a fellow disciple and brother. Such a fate is really rare. So under the arrangement of Brother Guangzheng, he took over this arduous task.
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In order to live up to the trust of Brother Guangzheng and be able to better complete the research work, I had to find two juniors to help. Both of them are recognized as talented women, and they are both successful in the study of Ming Dynasty literature, and they are willing to take time out of their busy schedules to write manuscripts, which makes me very moved.
After the three of them worked together, they finally successfully completed the task assigned by Brother Guangzheng. The specific division of labor is as follows:
Yu Laiming: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 7, Chapter 9, Appendix.
Fang Xian: Chapters 5 and 6.
Bucking: Chapter 8.
The Voices and Tunes of the Ming Dynasty Retro".
Yu Laiming was responsible for the overall drafting and revision of the book. Liu Xuechao, a graduate student, helped check the literature. As the first person responsible, I will be responsible for any errors in the book, or any omissions and deficiencies in the writing.
Yu Laiming. December 1, 2017 in Luojia Mountain, Wuchang.
Yuan and Ming Imperial Examination and Literary Examination".
About the Author
Yu Laiming. Yu Laiming is an Outstanding Young Scholar in Humanities and Social Sciences at Wuhan University, Deputy Director of the Center for Chinese Traditional Culture at Wuhan University, a key research base in Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, and Director of the Institute of Taiwan Studies at Wuhan University. He is also a member of the Academic Committee of Wuhan University and the Deputy Director of the Professorial Committee of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. He was selected as a young top-notch talent of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, a leading talent in philosophy and social sciences, a cultural master of the Central Propaganda Department and one of four batch of talents. He has visited and lectured at Harvard University in the United States and Trier University in Germany. He has published more than 10 books in Chinese and English, presided over more than 10 projects, and won the first China Publishing Award, Hubei Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award and other awards.
Fang Xian, a lecturer at the College of Liberal Arts and Law of Huazhong Agricultural University, has presided over 1 national social science ** project and published many academic works.
Bai Jinjie is an associate professor at the School of Liberal Arts, Hainan Normal University. He is also a director of the "Confucian Foreign History" Society. He has edited and sorted out the "Academic Archives of Confucianism" and "Anthology of Zhiyong Academy", published more than 20 academic articles, and presided over and participated in a number of national social science projects. He has won awards such as the 35th Tian Han Drama Literature Award.