Home›Sources›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)SourcesRichard 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, 1979Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "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)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/mather-kou-qianzhi-taoist-theocracy-northern-wei-court.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). 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). 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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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (21 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A 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.NotesWell-attestedUsed for the 442 investiture ceremony, the 440 Taiping Zhenjun reign title, and Kou Qianzhi's theocratic role at the Northern Wei court.CitationAuthorWell-attestedRichard B. MatherPublisherWell-attestedYale University Press, in Facets of Taoism: Essays in Chinese Religion, edited by Holmes Welch and Anna SeidelURLWell-attestedhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208329.Facets_of_TaoismSource TypeWell-attestedbook chapterCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithCelestial Masters, Organizations Well-attested 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. Mathertier 1Laozi, Figures Well-attested 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. Mathertier 1Northern Wei, Empires & Polities Well-attested 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. Mathertier 1Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSpread Events, 11 claims: 3 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.Well-attested10SourcesRichard 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)Spread EventsEmperor Taiwu of Northern Wei Receives Taoist InvestitureHolds10SourcesRichard 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)Spread EventsEmperor Taiwu of Northern Wei Receives Taoist InvestitureGeneral References1Spread EventsEmperor Taiwu of Northern Wei Receives Taoist InvestitureComments (0)No comments yet. 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