Shangqing Consecration of Empress Zhangxian 章献明肃皇后受上清毕法纂记
Paul PengShangqing Consecration of Empress Zhangxian
Written by Zhu Ziying, a Taoist Priest of the Northern Song Dynasty.
One volume, included in the Genealogy and Records category of The Dongshen Section in the Daozang.
Shangqing Consecration of Empress Zhangxian
Zhu Ziying was the 23rd Patriarch of the Shangqing School of Maoshan. He once prayed for an heir for Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, and the crown prince (Emperor Renzong) was born accordingly. He was favored by two emperors. In the early Tiansheng reign, he was summoned to the capital to transmit the Shangqing talismans and rites to Empress Dowager Liu (Empress Mingsu), the mother of Emperor Renzong.This text records this event and details the actual ceremony in which the Empress received the Shangqing talismans and rites. It was composed in the fourth month of the second year of the Tiansheng reign (1024).
