Description: 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.
Brief description: Richard G. Wang is Professor of Chinese Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Florida.
Review Quotes: Richard G. Wang offers a new...impressive book on Daoism in Ming culture and society. He has established himself as the authority on this topic, which is a whole scholarly field in its own right... Scholars interested in Chinese society and culture, especially during the late imperial period...would hugely benefit from reading this book, as it will help them understand how deeply intertwined the political and institutional culture of the Ming empire as well as the structure of lineage centric local society were with Daoist ritual traditions.--Vincent Goossaert "Journal of the American Oriental Society" (12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM)