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Illustrated Record of the Auspicious Responses of the Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven of the Great Ming大明玄天上帝瑞应图录

Also known as
玄天上帝瑞应图录, 瑞应图录
Author / transmission
明永乐朝官修
Period
Ming · 明永乐年间官修图册,宣扬营建武当期间真武显应诸瑞;收入《正统道藏》。
Canon division
Dongshen Section, Records and Biographies category
Collected in
Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era
Category
瑞应图册
Fascicles
一卷(图文对照)

Synopsis

《大明玄天上帝瑞应图录》是明永乐朝为「北建故宫、南修武当」的武当大营建配套官修的瑞应图册,图文对照记录永乐十年至十七年间营建武当宫观时的「祥瑞显应」:黑云感应、榔梅呈瑞、五色圆光、骞林应祥等数十事,每事一图一记。其政治功能十分明确——朱棣以「靖难」得位,宣称真武「阴翊默赞」,此图录即以图像证明皇帝崇奉真武获得神明回应,为永乐政权的合法性叙事服务;同时它也是明初版画与武当营建史的珍贵图像史料,图中可见营建期间的宫观形制与工地场景。今有书格等影印本流传。

Key Ideas

  • 永乐营建武当的官方瑞应叙事
  • 「真武阴翊默赞」与靖难合法性建构
  • 明初版画与武当营建图像史料

Structure

图文对照,每瑞应一图一记。

Editions

  • 正统道藏本
  • 书格影印本

Full Text & Online Resources

Related scriptures

Scripture of the Perfected Warrior of the North, Spoken by the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning, Record of the Sagely Revelations of the Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven, Gazetteer of Mount Taihe, the Great Marchmount

Related figures

Yongle Emperor (Zhu Di)
References
  1. 《正统道藏》
  2. 书格影印本
  3. 杨立志《明成祖与武当道教》
  4. 范学锋《玄帝信仰与明代〈大岳太和山志〉》