Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) Book

The remains of Tai Fu's lost collection Kuang-i chi ("The Great Book of Marvels") preserve three hundred short tales of encounters with the other world. Through the eyes of a mid-century county official the picture emerges of a complex lay society, served by a mixed priesthood of ritual practitioners. This study develops a style of close reading through which the tales give access to the lives of individuals in eighth-century China, a society embarking on fundamental change.Read More

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  • 0521893224
  • 9780521893220
  • Glen Dudbridge
  • 20 June 2002
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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