published_or_final_version / Chinese / Master / Master of Arts

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

published_or_final_version / abstract / Chinese / Master / Master of Philosophy

This thesis addresses the question of how the Mongol imperium’s patronage in combination with Quanzhen Taoist proselytism inspired the mural paintings and architectural forms of the Yonglegong永樂宮. The Taoist temple of Yonglegong was constructed during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) on the site of the former residence of the Taoist immortal L? Dongbin呂洞賓. During the period of the temple’s construction from 1244 to 1358, the Quanzhen 全真order, to which the Yonglegong was affiliated, thrived under the Mongol imperium. Previous scholarship has emphasized the Quanzhen order’s autonomous and exclusive role in the formation of Yonglegong. An analysis of the development of the Quanzhen from its establishment in late Jin dynasty (1115-1234) to its rise to prominence during the Yuan suggests that it received significant imperial supports and thus was not wholly autonomous. The Quanzhen order’s development was intertwined with and propounded by imperial patronage. The Yonglegong’s status as one the three holiest patriarch halls of the order ensured its centrality as a showpiece of the Mongol-Quanzhen collaboration. This study explores the iconographic innovations of Chaoyuantu 朝元圖 (Paying homage to the Origins), a representation of the Taoist universe, a subject that existed in pre-Yuan art; and the Hagiography of L? Dongbin, a new category of Taoist imagery. These two mural painting programs show different modes of appropriation. In the Chaoyuantu, the Mongol imperium altered the scheme of depiction and inserted new iconography in order to register their claims over established traditions of representation. As for the depiction of L? Dongbin, prior to Yonglegong, the immortal was only represented in single scenes, not in a fully developed biographical narrative. The Hagiography of L? Dongbin represents arguably a new genre of narrative depiction that facilitated an alternative ideology. Such alterations are regarded in this thesis as evidence that illustrates the shared interests of the Mongol imperium and the Quanzhen order as they intersected. In comparison with the mural paintings, the Yuan dynasty architectural structures’ significance has not been adequately recognized in earlier scholarship. This thesis reexamines the implications of the architectural features’ parameters and the unique alignment of structures in the Yonglegong. As such this study acknowledges the Yonglegong’s multiple identities as a complex that serves both the imperial and religious interests. It also evaluates the extent to which the architectural structures directed the organization and presentation of the mural paintings they housed. Through the reclamation of Yongleong’s historical context, aligned as it was with a Mongol-Quanzhen collaboration, this study recognizes the larger significance of the temple complex. The Mongol imperium in combination with the Quanzhen order have given rise to a new formulation of Taoist mural paintings and architecture with new iconography, themes and modes of representation. / published_or_final_version / Fine Arts / Master / Master of Philosophy

王静芬. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學硏究院藝術學部. / Reprint (c. 2-3). / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 376-411). / Wang Jingfen. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue yan jiu yuan yi shu xue bu. / 前言 --- p.i / 圖版目錄 --- p.v / Chapter 第一部份： --- 彌勒信仰及《彌勒經變》通論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章 --- 彌勒信仰 --- p.2 / Chapter 一 --- 彌勒信仰的內容 / Chapter 二 --- 中國彌勒信仰的特質 / Chapter 第二章 --- 《彌勒變》的源流 --- p.53 / Chapter 第三章 --- 有關《彌勒變》的文獻資料 --- p.99 / Chapter 一 --- 《彌勒變》的成立年代 / Chapter 二 --- 《彌勒變》的文獻記載 / Chapter 第二部份： --- 敦煌的《彌勒經變畫》 --- p.132 / Chapter 第四章 --- 隋代的《彌勒變》 --- p.136 / Chapter 第五章 --- 唐前期的《彌勒變》 --- p.174 / Chapter 第六章 --- 唐後期及曹氏畫院時期的《彌勒變》 --- p.251 / Chapter 第七章 --- 莫高窟壁畫以外的敦煌《彌勒變》資料 --- p.325 / 結論 --- p.367 / 書目 --- p.377 / 附表一；各期《彌勒變》的統計 --- p.413 / 附表二：存《彌勒變》的紀年窟 --- p.414 / 附表三：已發表 《彌勒變》的揭載圖版 --- p.416 / 附表四：存《彌勒變》各窟主要壁畫題材 --- p.419 / 附表五：各種經變統計對照表 --- p.434 / 圖版