Lord of the Three in One
豆瓣
The Spread of a Cult in Southeast China
Kenneth Dean
简介
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 has undergone a remarkable revival in post-Mao China: Today Lin is worshipped throughout Southeast China and Southeast Asia as Lord of the Three in One in over a thousand temples by tens of thousands of cult initiates. Dean explores the organization and transmission of the Three in One's unique cultural vision, the reception of this vision, and the construction of subjectivity within a vibrant ritual tradition. Outlining such features as inner alchemical meditation, scripture and iconography, ritual practice, and spirit mediumism, he demonstrates the cult's transformative potential as well as its contemporaneity and dynamism.
目录
List of Illustrations and Tables
1 Acknowledgments
1 Introduction 3
Ch. 1 1 Ritual-Events 30
Ch. 2 1 The Apotheosis of Lin Zhao'en 64
Ch. 3 1 The Early Disciples 96
Ch. 4 1 Inner Alchemy, Scriptures, and Liturgies 137
Ch. 5 1 The Three in One in the Qing and Republican Eras 163
Ch. 6 1 Ritual Traditions of the Three in One 185
Ch. 7 1 Current Cultural Range of the Three in One 227
Ch. 8 1 The Three in One in Contemporary China 257
1 Conclusion 273
App. 1 1 Editions of Lin Zhao'en's Writings 297
App. 2 1 The Chart of the Inner Landscape of the Nine Stages 299
App. 3 1 Summary of the Xiawunijing 309
App. 4 1 Scriptures to Popular Deities: The God of Theater 326
App. 5 1 Ritual Documents in the Wubentang Guitiao 331
App. 6 1 Ritual Calendars 335
App. 7 1 Liturgies: The Purification of a Stage 339
App. 8 1 Ritual Spells and Visualizations 344
App. 9 1 The Evolution of the Dragon Mountain Hall 347
App. 10 1 Chinese Text of the Bentijing 349
App. 11 1 List of Three in One Books and Manuscripts 350
1 Glossary 355
1 Bibliography 369
1 Index 397