Precious volumes : an introduction to Chinese sectarian scriptures from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries /

"Precious volumes," or pao-chuan, were produced by popular religious sects in the Ming and Ch'ing 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Overmyer, Daniel L., 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 1999.
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 49.
Subjects:
Luo, Qing, > (1422-1577)
1368-1912
Religious literature, Chinese > History and criticism.
Chinese literature > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism.
Chinese literature > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism.
Littérature religieuse chinoise > Histoire et critique.
Littérature chinoise > 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature chinoise > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing) > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Chinese literature > Ming dynasty
Chinese literature.
Qing Dynasty (China)
Religious literature, Chinese.
Chinesisch
Literatur
Sekte
Dieux chinois > Culte.
Religion populaire > Chine.
Sectes > Chine > Livres sacrés > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Sectes > Chine > Histoire.
Littérature chinoise > 1644-1912 (Dynastie Mandchoue) > Histoire et critique.
Chine > Histoire religieuse.
Chine > Religion.
Chinesisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Antecedents in the history of Chinese sacred texts
  • An early model: the bureaucracy of salvation in a fifteenth-century text, the Huang-chi pao-chüan
  • Wu-wei sect scriptures by Lo Ch'ing
  • The Chiu-lien pao-chüan of 1523
  • Themes in later sixteenth-century Pao-chüan
  • "Precious volumes" from the seventeenth century
  • The dragon-flower scripture (Lung-hua ching)
  • Concluding comments
  • Appendixes.

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