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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"The hallmark of this intriguing and provocative study is the immediacy of the voices from T'ang China that Dudbridge is able to enliven and present....Of particular value after the presentation of several texts is the appendix summary of all the extant entries. All interested scholars and students should find this book an exemplar of research." Linada L. Lam-Easton, Religious Studies Review
"...we must also acknowledge the merits of Dudbridge's effort. Chief among these is the value of his book in sharpening our awareness of the inherently blurry line between the fictional and the documentary in medieval accounts of the strange." Don J. Wyatt, American Historical Review
"...we must also acknowledge the merits of Dudbridge's effort. Chief among these is the value of his book in sharpening our awareness of the inherently blurry line between the fictional and the documentary in medieval accounts of the strange." Don J. Wyatt, American Historical Review
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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 a mid-century county 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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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
outer story, investigating censor, rejects attribution, spirit marriage, vermilion bird, chu shu, bloody food, internal date, assistant magistrate, inner story, paper cash, divine women, temporary burial, shih chi, local prefect, northern dynasties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tai Fu, Mount Hua, Sun Ch'ien, Mount Sung, Yellow River, Chi Kuang-ch'en, T'ang China, Wang Fa-chih, Third Daughter, Wang Ch'i, Yuan Ch'ao, Eastern Capital, Liu Ch'ing-chen, Metal Heaven King, Three Consorts, Chang Chia-yu, Yu-ch'ih Chiung, Hou Han, Mirror Lake, Monarch of Heaven, New York, Tang China, Third Son, Wang Chien, Yang Chien New!
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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
outer story, investigating censor, rejects attribution, spirit marriage, vermilion bird, chu shu, bloody food, internal date, assistant magistrate, inner story, paper cash, divine women, temporary burial, shih chi, local prefect, northern dynasties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tai Fu, Mount Hua, Sun Ch'ien, Mount Sung, Yellow River, Chi Kuang-ch'en, T'ang China, Wang Fa-chih, Third Daughter, Wang Ch'i, Yuan Ch'ao, Eastern Capital, Liu Ch'ing-chen, Metal Heaven King, Three Consorts, Chang Chia-yu, Yu-ch'ih Chiung, Hou Han, Mirror Lake, Monarch of Heaven, New York, Tang China, Third Son, Wang Chien, Yang Chien New!
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- Facets of Taoism: Essays in Chinese Religion by Holmes Welch on 6 pages
- The Analects of Confucius by Arthur Waley on page 2
- The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets (Penguin Classics) by Qu Yuan on page 21
- The Thought of Chang Tsai (1020-1077) (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) by Ira E. Kasoff in Front Matter
- The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Hui-neng on page 74
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- Reading East Asian Writing: The Limits of Literary Theory (Routledgecurzon-Iias Asian Studies) by Michel Hockx on page 196, and page 197
- Women, Property, and Confucian Reaction in Sung and Yüan China (960-1368) (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) by Bettine Birge in Front Matter
- Kuan-yin : the Chinese transformation of Avalokitesìvara by Chün-fang Yü in Back Matter
- Mourning in Late Imperial China: Filial Piety and the State (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) by Norman Kutcher in Front Matter
- Fu Ssu-nien: A Life in Chinese History and Politics (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions) by Fan-sen Wang in Front Matter
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