中大論道:道教研究系列論壇(五十八)
香港中文大學道教文化研究中心主辦

講題:在晚期帝國時代入道:對生命危機的作用的初步思考
Title:Conversion to Daoism in Late Imperial China: Preliminary Considerations on the Role of Life Crisis

講者:甘雪松教授(Jacopo Scarin)(威尼斯大學兼任教授)

主持人:黎志添教授(香港中文大學道教文化研究中心主任)

日期:2023 年 9 月 13 日(三)
時間:下午 4 時 30 分
地點:香港中文大學梁銶琚樓303室
語言:英語

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講座簡介:
This lecture focuses on the discourses on “conversion” contained in late imperial Daoist biographies. It begins by introducing a tentative theoretical framework that establishes the definitions of religion and conversion as the foundational bedrock for analysing the historical data. Subsequently, it scrutinises an array of biographical accounts that describe the processes whereby individuals from diverse social backgrounds decided to embrace a Daoist-inspired lifestyle. These accounts will be classified according to a specific taxonomy based on the declared reasons of the conversion. The lecture will explore how late imperial society comprehended and attributed meaning to different modalities of conversion to Daoism.