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Daoist Images of the Gods: An International Database Project.

道教神像﹕國際數據資料庫計劃

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　　Abstract: This paper has been written in the context of the Daoist Iconography Project (DIP), currently being developed at the University of Hawaii in collaboration with the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The purpose of the project is to create an electronic resource for research into Daoist images, and it involves the digitization and description of Daoist images of all kinds, notably, scrolls used in ritual. The images are analyzed in terms of their context and use, as well as in terms of the iconographic features which distinguish each figure represented. The focus of this paper is a unique Ming dynasty scroll, which was recently contributed to the project by a private collector. It shows Laozi as a supreme deity, surrounded by other deities, and in particular, by a circle of members of the Thunder Department, Leibu. Many of these figures play an important role in rituals developed since the Song dynasty (960-1278), where they are called on as members of the “troupes of generals,” jiangban, which may be generated from within the body of the priest and externalized to fight against the powers of evil. It will be demonstrated that the arrangement of deities in this scroll illustrates this relationship, and that it further correlates with the fundamental Daoist theory of ritual efficacy which is expressed through the concepts of ti and yong, substance and function.

　　Poul Andersen (University of Hawaii).

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