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Richard B. Mather, "K'ou Ch'ien-chih and the Taoist Theocracy at the Northern Wei Court, 425-451" (Facets of Taoism, Yale University Press, 1979)

Yale University Press, 1979

Richard B. Mather's essay traces the Northern Wei Taoist Kou Qianzhi's rise from a 415 revelation claimed from Laozi through his reform of the Celestial Masters tradition to the 442 ceremony in which Emperor Taiwu personally received Taoist investiture, examining the theocratic structure Kou and the chancellor Cui Hao built around the emperor and its collapse into the persecution of Buddhism that followed.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
A peer reviewed scholarly essay in an edited academic volume from Yale University Press, tier 1, matching the tier the map already gives its other foundational academic references, used here for the 442 investiture ceremony and its place within Kou Qianzhi's wider reform program, corroborated by Wikipedia's biographical account of Emperor Taiwu below.
Notes
Used for the 442 investiture ceremony, the 440 Taiping Zhenjun reign title, and Kou Qianzhi's theocratic role at the Northern Wei court.
Citation
Author
Richard B. Mather
Publisher
Yale University Press, in Facets of Taoism: Essays in Chinese Religion, edited by Holmes Welch and Anna Seidel
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208329.Facets_of_Taoism
Source Type
book chapter
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Celestial Masters, Organizations

This source names Celestial Masters directly: "from Laozi through his reform of the Celestial Masters tradition to the 442 ceremony in which Emperor Taiwu personally received Taoist investiture, examining the theocratic structure Kou and the..."

Source Richard B. Mather, "K'ou Ch'ien-chih and the Taoist Theocracy at the Northern Wei Court, 425-451" (Facets of Taoism, Yale University Press, 1979)Richard B. Mather
Laozi, Figures

This source names Laozi directly: "from a 415 revelation claimed from Laozi through his reform of the Celestial Masters tradition to the 442 ceremony in which Emperor Taiwu personally received Taoist investiture, examining the..."

Source Richard B. Mather, "K'ou Ch'ien-chih and the Taoist Theocracy at the Northern Wei Court, 425-451" (Facets of Taoism, Yale University Press, 1979)Richard B. Mather
Northern Wei, Empires & Polities

This source names Northern Wei directly: "Mather's essay traces the Northern Wei Taoist Kou Qianzhi's rise from a 415 revelation claimed from Laozi through his reform of the Celestial Masters tradition to the 442 ceremony in which Emperor..."

Source Richard B. Mather, "K'ou Ch'ien-chih and the Taoist Theocracy at the Northern Wei Court, 425-451" (Facets of Taoism, Yale University Press, 1979)Richard B. Mather
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)

This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Spread Events, 11 claims: 3 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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