The Early Celestial Masters and Chinese Officialdom |
The Western Han Conception of the Sagely Ruler |
The Utopian Vision of the Taipingjing |
The Taipingjing as a Daoist or Proto-Daoist Text |
The Yellow Turbans and the De-Centralization of Imperial Authority |
Banshun Man Connections to the Yellow Turbans |
Daoism and Becoming Chinese |
How Yao Became Daoists: Strickmann’s Argument |
Conclusion |
Chapter Five: Textual Mandate on the Periphery: Script, Image, and Legitimacy in Yao Culture |
The Passport for Crossing the Mountains |
The Myth of Crossing the Sea |
Visual Framing of the Text |