Longmen Institutional Development in Zhejiang Province: The Chongdao Lineage of the Tongbai Palace during the Eighteenth Century

Abstract

Abstract:This article aims to advance research on the history of Longmen communities in Zhejiang during the Qing dynasty by focusing on the institutional network established by the Daoists of the Tongbai Palace (Tiantai county) in the eighteenth century. To do so, I have relied on the study of the socio-institutional links between Daoist temples and analyzed an array of historical sources (gazetteers, Daoist texts, palace memorials) to individuate connections between the Longmen temples of Zhejiang. I focus on the four leading members of the Longmen community of the Tongbai Palace (Gao Qingyu, Min Yide, Shen Yibing, and Fang Yiding) to show that this temple had a key position in the network formed among prominent temples inhabited by Longmen communities, such as the Jingu Grotto of Hangzhou, the Dayou Palace of Mount Weiyu, and the Yunchao Temple of Mount Jin’gai.摘要:本文旨在通过分析十八世紀天台縣桐柏宮道士建立的與其他道觀之間的社會網絡，進一步推動浙江龍門派清代史的研究。筆者立足於分析不同宫觀之間的社會和機構間聯繫及其相關歷史資料，包括地方誌、宮觀誌、道經、詔書等，來明确浙江龍門道觀之間的關係；通过聚焦桐柏宮龍門社群的四名主要道士（高清雲、閔一得、沈一炳和方一定），来展示桐柏宮在包括杭州金鼓洞、委羽山大有宮、金蓋山雲巢廟等在內的清代主要龍門道觀中的關鍵地位。