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Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'Ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-I Chi'

Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'Ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-I Chi'

Dudbridge, Glen
Glen, Dudbridge

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institu

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryChinese History

ISBN10: 0521482232
ISBN13: 9780521482233
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 24 1995
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.33 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
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 an 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.

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