{"product_id":"the-fragments-of-the-daoxue-stephan-p-bumbacher-9783631365397","title":"The Fragments of the «Daoxue Zhuan»: Critical Edition, Translation and Analysis of a Medieval Collection of Daoist Biographies","description":"The \u003ci\u003eDaoxue zhuan\u003c\/i\u003e (Biographies of students of the\u003ci\u003e dao\u003c\/i\u003e) of the last quarter of the sixth century AD, is a collection of\u003ci\u003e Lives\u003c\/i\u003e of persons of various Daoist traditions most of whom are said to have lived between the fourth and sixth centuries AD. It is the earliest compilation of Daoist biographies whose protagonists for the most part were mortal beings; some of them even have entries in the standard dynastic histories. \u003cbr\u003e The extant fragments, translated here for the first time, are a mine of information on various aspects of social and religious life in medieval China: In contrast to earlier collections, they show evidence of an early Daoist monasticism, thus reflecting a change in the religious life of some Daoists in Southern China. Also, it is the first collection of Daoist biographies which devotes a whole chapter exclusively to the\u003ci\u003e Lives\u003c\/i\u003e of female Daoists and thus may help elucidating the nuns' position within the society in this early time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephan P. Bumbacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 363136539X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783631365397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Stephan P. Bumbacher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588027887871,"sku":"9783631365397","price":185.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fragments-of-the-daoxue-stephan-p-bumbacher-9783631365397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}