Religious Experience and Lay Society in t'Ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-I Chi'

by Glen Dudbridge

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521893224
• ISBN13: 9780521893220
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"