Crazy Ji. Chinese Religion and Popular Literature. - SHAHAR, MEIR
Chinese Religion and Popular Literature (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
KORTE INHOUD
Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature is the first study in any language of one of the most colorful deities in the pantheon of late imperial and modern China: Sire Ji - or, as he is better known, Crazy Ji. The author uses the evolution of the cult of this eccentric deity to address central questions regarding the nature of the Chinese religious tradition, its relation to the Chinese social structure, and the role of vernacular fiction and popular media in shaping religious beliefs in China. His analysis of the cult of Crazy Ji shows that far from being, as is often argued, a mirror of the Chinese bureaucratic order, Chinese religion offers a means of liberation from it. Finally, this study of the cult of Crazy Ji illustrates how lay believers influenced the practices of organized religion (in this case, monastic Buddhism)
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1998Uitgever: Harvard University Asia Center325 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0674175638ISBN-13: 9780674175631Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: xx, 330pp., [2]pp., 23 illustrations / maps / table, lists of these, chapternotes & references, abbreviations, bibliography, glossary, index, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. Volume 48: Harvard-Yenching Institure Monographs Series. Cambridge [MA]-London, Harvard University Press. 1998 [Auteur: SHAHAR, MEIR] [Jaar: 1998] [Titel: Crazy Ji. Chinese Religion and Popular Literature.]
