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SUMMARY:Between the Canon and the Field: Daoist manuscripts collection from
  Qing China in the Harvard-Yenching Library
DESCRIPTION:Seating is limited. Masks are required for all in-person audien
 ce members.\n\nCo-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n
 \nThe Harvard-Yenching Library has a collection of Daoist manuscripts copi
 ed in Qing China\, mainly from the Kangxi and Qianlong eras (c. 17th-18th 
 centuries). These manuscripts are highly valuable yet understudied primary
  sources of Daoism from Qing China. They are precious examples of Daoist m
 aterials from several hundred years after the publication of the Ming Daoi
 st Canon which is the main source for Daoist studies on pre-modern Daoism.
  And through a study of these materials\, we can also explore the roots of
  modern Daoist manuscripts that some scholars have collected in the proces
 s of their fieldwork.\n\nThis talk will focus on a few Daoist liturgical m
 anuals from the collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library. The primary ac
 tivities of Daoist center on various rituals. Daoists ask their deities to
  fulfill particular requests in daily life through the performance of thei
 r rituals. We can reveal Daoist activities in Qing China by referring to t
 hese liturgical manuals. In addition\, these manuals contain information a
 bout the place and the Daoist priests who copied them. They also provide a
  social and cultural milieu for us to understand local and regional contex
 ts of Daoist activities. I will explain that Daoist manuscripts in the col
 lection of the Harvard-Yenching Library have high value as sources of Daoi
 st study.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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