- The inscription is photographically reproduced in Zhongguo Shaolin si, p.
- See Song xian zhi, p. 837.
- The course of events is outlined in a Ministry of Rites document dated
1657, which is included in the Shaolin si zhi, buzha, 1a–2a. See also Wen Yucheng,
Shaolin fanggu, pp. 331–333, 343. - See Wen Yucheng, Shaolin fanggu, pp. 337–338, 343.
- The ceremonies are recorded on a Shaolin stele dated 1654 that commem-
orates their completion; see Zhongguo Shaolin si, beike juan, p. 257. See also Wen
Yucheng, Shaolin fanggu, pp. 332, 343. - See Shaolin si zhi, chenhan, 4b; and Wen Yucheng, Shaolin fanggu, p. 339.
- See Wen Yucheng, Shaolin fanggu, pp. 347–349.
- Shaolin si zhi, chenhan, 5a. In this edict the emperor does not mention the
monks’ military activities, of which we know he had been well aware from an ear-
lier document. See his correspondence of 1726 with the governor of Henan, Tian
Wenjing, in Shizong Xian Huangdi zhupi yuzhi, 9.9b. - Edict dated Qianlong fortieth year, fifth month, eighth day ( June 15,
1775), i n Qianlong chao shangyu dang, 7:878. - See ter Haar, White Lotus Teachings. On late imperial religion and rebel-
lion, see also Naquin, Millenarian Rebellion; Naquin, Shantung Rebellion; Esherick,
Boxer Uprising; Mann and Kuhn, “Dynastic Decline and the Roots of Rebellion.” - Qianlong fourth year, tenth month, nineteenth day (November 19, 1739),
in Kang Yong Qian shiqi chengxiang renmin fankang douzheng ziliao, 2:619. - Report by the Anyi County magistrate that was appended to a memorial
dated Qianlong twenty-second year, third month, twenty-fourth day (May 11, 1757)
by the Hedong salt commissioner, Na Jun; Lufu zouzhe, number 166/juan 9015/hao
- Document quoted in Zhou Weiliang, “Ming-Qing shiqi Shaolin wushu,” p. 9.
See also the memorial dated Jiaqing twentieth year, fifth month, ninth day ( June 10,
- by the governor-general of Zhili, Nayancheng (1764–1833), in Na wenyi gong
zouyi, 40.2b.
- The warning was engraved on a Shaolin stele; see chapter 2.
3 9. Liu T’ieh-yün, Travels of Lao Ts’an, p. 73. - Lin Qing, Hong xue yinyuan tuji, section 1. See also chapter 5. On Wang, see
chapter 6. - Morris, Marrow of the Nation, pp. 185–229. A martial arts demonstration
was included in the 1936 Berlin Olympics; ibid., p. 179. - Mentioned as early as the Yuan period, the Northern Shaolin Temple was sit-
uated on Mt. Pan some forty miles east of Beijing; Wen Yucheng, Shaolin fanggu, pp.
230–233.
Conclusion- Mote, Imperial China: 900–1800, p. 81.
- See Demiéville, “Le Bouddhisme et la guerre,” pp. 375–376; Strickmann,
236 Notes to Pages 189–199