Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature

by Meir Shahar

Crazy Ji is the one of the most colorful deities in the pantheon of late imperial and modern China. The author uses the evolution of his cult to address central questions regarding the Chinese religious tradition, its relation to social structure, and the role of vernacular fiction and popular media in shaping religious beliefs. Shahar demonstrates that vernacular novels and oral literature played a major role in the dissemination of knowledge about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674175638
• ISBN13: 9780674175631
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 8.9"