Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks. Daoism and Local Society in Ming China, Hardback

In Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks, Richard Wang explores the key role played by elite Daoists in social and cultural life in Ming China, notably by mediating between local networks and the state through their clerical lineages-empire-wide networks channeling knowledge and resources-and by controlling central temples.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Author(s): Richard G. Wang
• Illustration(s): 1 photo, 2 color photos, 9 illus., 1 color illus., 5 maps, 2 tables
• Number of pages: 400
• Collection: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 34
• Cover type: Hardback