La Grande Encyclopédie du Taoïsme

Water Liberation Taoist - Cover

Water Liberation (水解): The Drowning Nobody Can ...

Paul Peng

A river, a drowning, and a mountain that kept his name — the tale of Duan Jizheng made water the vehicle of a

Water Liberation (水解): The Drowning Nobody Can ...

Paul Peng

A river, a drowning, and a mountain that kept his name — the tale of Duan Jizheng made water the vehicle of a

Kanhe Zhenji Taoist - Cover

Kanhe Zhenji (勘合真机): The Sky Weather Code Nobod...

Paul Peng

Inside a Ming dynasty thunder manual, Kanhe Zhenji preserves systematic sky-reading rules — dawn glow, star position, cloud form — used as the empirical prelude to rain prayer.

Kanhe Zhenji (勘合真机): The Sky Weather Code Nobod...

Paul Peng

Inside a Ming dynasty thunder manual, Kanhe Zhenji preserves systematic sky-reading rules — dawn glow, star position, cloud form — used as the empirical prelude to rain prayer.

Qiyu Taoist - Cover

Qiyu (祈雨): The Formal Rain Rite Nobody Can Fake...

Paul Peng

Where folk rain-praying improvises, the formal Taoist rite builds a complete liturgical frame — altar, memorials, dragon summons, and thunder officers.

Qiyu (祈雨): The Formal Rain Rite Nobody Can Fake...

Paul Peng

Where folk rain-praying improvises, the formal Taoist rite builds a complete liturgical frame — altar, memorials, dragon summons, and thunder officers.

Qiuyu Taoist - Cover

Qiuyu (求雨): The Folk Rain Dance Nobody Ever Aba...

Paul Peng

Qiuyu spans three layers: shamanic sun-exposure, Han dynasty recorded method, and Taoist altar procedure with thunder generals. Each layer absorbed the one before it.

Qiuyu (求雨): The Folk Rain Dance Nobody Ever Aba...

Paul Peng

Qiuyu spans three layers: shamanic sun-exposure, Han dynasty recorded method, and Taoist altar procedure with thunder generals. Each layer absorbed the one before it.

Qilu Taoist - Cover

Qilu (祈禄): The Examination Hall Prayer Nobody E...

Paul Peng

In an empire where success meant the civil exam, Taoism built a liturgy around the star who keeps the register of office — Wenchang. Du Guangting codified the full memorial...

Qilu (祈禄): The Examination Hall Prayer Nobody E...

Paul Peng

In an empire where success meant the civil exam, Taoism built a liturgy around the star who keeps the register of office — Wenchang. Du Guangting codified the full memorial...

Qisi Taoist - Cover

Qisi (祈嗣): The Heir Rite Nobody Ever Leaves Una...

Paul Peng

The heir rite runs from full jiao liturgy to household birth cults — petitions that route through the Jade Emperor's bureaus and the eastern peak's sage-mother 祈嗣.

Qisi (祈嗣): The Heir Rite Nobody Ever Leaves Una...

Paul Peng

The heir rite runs from full jiao liturgy to household birth cults — petitions that route through the Jade Emperor's bureaus and the eastern peak's sage-mother 祈嗣.