2009•Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology)Requires access
Shenggu Temple:A Heresy’s Fate and the Variety in Southeast Shanxi Society in Jin-Yuan-Ming Transition
Zhao Shi-y
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Abstract
Shenggu Temple, in Shangdongfeng village,Gaoping,Shanxi province, was built in the Yuan Dynasty, which experienced changes during the Ming-Qing period and existed to today. We are not sure what sect the disciples of this temple belong to, but certainly it is a secret sect which is not Buddhist and Taoist one. For the court forbad the popular veligions since the late Tang, the secret sects like Shenggu Temple joined in zhenda Taoist sect, and sought protect from the imperial princes and military power. Till the late Qing Dynasty, the temple was not able to exist so that it had to join in the system of local temples and to open itself to the local public.