Religious Experience and Lay Society in t'Ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-I Chi' (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521893220)

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.

Author: Glen Dudbridge
ISBN-10: 0521893224
ISBN-13: 9780521893220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2002
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.14w x 0.73d