2009•Journal of Yunyang Teachers CollegeRequires access

Emperor Xuantian Belief and Dayue Taihe Mountain History in the Ming Dynasty

Zhang Quan-xiao

Abstract

The ancient emperors have made Wudang Mountains the emperor's ancestral temple and Emperor Xuantian the patron saint of the kingdom since Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty,of which there is lots of narration in DaYue Taihe Mountain History in the Ming Dynasty.During the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty,Wudang Mountains has made four history books,where narrated the grand situation of Wudang Mountains in the Ming Dynasty and the history of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty sacrificed Emperor Xuantian.Therefore,the interpretation of DaYue Taihe Mountain History can help expose the close relationship between the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and Wudang Taoism,and understand Taoist development and social politics in the Ming Dynasty.

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Key concepts: Emperor, Taoism, Ancient history, SAINT, History of China, History, Politics, Narrative