Check nearby libraries
Buy this 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. This study, the first of its kind, develops a style of close reading through which those tales give access to the lives of individuals in eighth-century China.
Through the eyes of a mid-century county official emerges the picture of a complex lay society, served by a mixed priesthood of ritual practitioners, whose members' lives at all levels were profoundly shaped by their perceived experience of contact with the other world. It was a society embarking on fundamental change, and this book uses the sharp historical focus of Tai Fu's collection to study the dynamics of that change.
Mixed in with reflections of ephemeral events and clear evidence of long-term continuity, it discovers signs of a transition from the beliefs and institutions of early mediaeval China towards those we now recognize as modern.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i Chi'
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
0511887698 9780511887697
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'Ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-I Chi'
2010, Cambridge University Press
in English
0511523823 9780511523823
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
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)
June 20, 2002, Cambridge University Press
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0521893224 9780521893220
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
Religious experience and lay society in T'ang China: a reading of Tai Fu's Kuang-i chi
1995, Cambridge University Press
in English
0521482232 9780521482233
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"The voice that will open this book belonged to a young provincial woman of the eighth century: A girl of T'ung-lu named Wang Fa-chic has served the spirit of a young man since early in life."
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Excerpts
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created April 29, 2008
- 9 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
March 3, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
October 8, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
July 31, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
April 30, 2011 | Edited by OCLC Bot | Added OCLC numbers. |
April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |