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Making transcendents : ascetics and social memory in early medieval China /
"By the middle of the third century B. CE. in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian) - deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. The search for transcendence became a major form of religious expression and helped lay the foundation on which the f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Bringing transcendents down to earth
- The transcendent's cultural repertoire
- Deeper repertoire analysis: "avoiding grains"
- Secret arts, manifest wonders
- Verbal self-presentation and audience response
- Adepts and their communities
- Adepts, their families, and the imperium
- Hagiographic persuasions.