Precious Volumes - An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-674-69838-3
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 789 g

Reihe: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

“Precious volumes,” or pao-chüan, were produced by popular sects in the Ming and early Qing dynasties. These scriptures were believed to have been divinely revealed to sect leaders and contain teachings and ritual instructions that provide valuable information about a lively and widespread religious tradition outside mainstream Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Largely neglected until now, they testify to the imagination and devotion of popular religious leaders. This book, the most detailed and comprehensive study of pao-chüan in any language, studies 34 early examples of this literature in order to understand the origins and development of this textual tradition. Although the work focuses on content and structure, it also treats the social context of these works as well as their transmission and ritual use.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Overmyer, Daniel L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Overmyer, Daniel L.
Daniel L. Overmyer is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of British Columbia and Professor of Religion at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.