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Subject: ASC Monday Nov 8 seminar Prof. Patricia Ebrey Emperor Huizong as Daoist
Dear All (apologies for cross-listing),
You are cordially invited to the following talk (poster attached):
ASC Seminar Series
Nov 8 (Monday)
5pm
Rooms 8 and 9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Emperor Huizong as a Daoist
Professor Patricia B. Ebrey, University of Washington
Abstract:
Most of those who have heard of Huizong (r. 1100-1125) know that he was a great patron of Daoism. He was enthralled with Lin Lingsu and his Divine Empyrean (Shenxiao) sect, and accepted Lin's revelation that he (Huizong) was an incarnation of the elder son of the Jade Emperor. Since Huizong's reign ended in the disaster, it was easy for Confucian historians to place blame on Huizong's Daoism. In this talk I want to unpack what is meant by calling Huizong a Daoist. How much did he know about Daoism? What scriptures had he read? What rites did he practice? What deities did he turn to? I am particularly interested in probing Huizong's involvement with Daoism in his early years on the throne, before he met Lin in 1116. Is there anything about Huizong's prior engagement with Daoism that helps us understand his response to Lin Lingsu?
Speaker Bio:
Patricia B. Ebrey received her PhD from Columbia University and is Professor of History and Chinese Studies at the University of Washington, specializing in the social and cultural history of Song dynasty (960-1279) China. She has received numerous prestigious awards and fellowships. Best known among her wide-ranging publications include Chu Hsi's Family Rituals:
A Twelfth-Century Chinese Manual for the Performance of Cappings, Weddings, Funerals, and Ancestral Rites (Princeton University Press, 1991); Confucianism and Family Rituals in lmperial China: A Social History of Writing About Rites (Princeton UP, 1991); Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period (University of California Press, 1993); Women and the Family in Chinese History (Routledge, 2002); Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong (University of Washington Press, 2008). She has also edited five books and authored and edited popular textbooks such as Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook (Free Press, 1993), The Cambridge Illustrated History of China (Cambridge University Press, 1996/2010); and East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History (Co-author; Houghton Mifflin, 2006/2009).
Best,
Adam
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Dr. Adam Yuet Chau
University Lecturer in the Anthropology of Modern China Department of East Asian Studies Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, United Kingdom
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