Lunar Mansion, Solar Palace, and Golden Star
The Key to Decoding Kim-Mun Yao’s Esoteric Manuals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20354595 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wu Chia-Yun 吳佳芸 (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 549-575 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monumenta Serica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0254-9948 • E-ISSN: 2057-1690 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02549948.2024.2414667 |
| OpenAlex | W4405419368 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Kim-Mun Yao (also known as Lanten-Yao) are a group of the Yao people whose religion borrowed Daoist ritual practices. Many religious manuscripts are extant, including the “esoteric manuals” (miyu; [Mun] pεi-ɲui) which are also the most representative of the Kim-Mun religion. This article argues that the three key terms “Lunar Mansion” (yuefu; [Mun] ɲot-pou), “Solar Palace” (rigong; [Mun] ɲat-kɔŋ), and “Golden Star/Venus” (jinxing; [Mun] kjam-θiŋ) can be used to decode the contents of the esoteric manuals. The Kim-Mun people used these terms to construct a framework that combined texts and visual representations in religious texts, enabling ritual specialists to form a “mental picture” to visualize while performing. As almost all of the esoteric manuals include these three key terms, they form the basis of all the rituals in the Kim-Mun Yao religion
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| Highly cited | No |
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