Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' By Glen Dudbridge
Publisher: C-U=P 1995 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0521482232 , 0521893224 | PDF | 8 MB
Publisher: C-U=P 1995 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 0521482232 , 0521893224 | PDF | 8 MB
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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