Early Daoist Hagiographies: The Revelations of Yang XI and the Inner Tradition of Han Emperor Wu - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:J. E. E. Pettit, Matthew V. WellsSeries:The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese LiteraturePublish date:1/30/2026Pages:292
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197580004ISBN-10:197580009UPC:9780197580004Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:AsianBook Topic:ChineseSize:9.44 x 6.58 x 1.09 inchesWeight:1.2214Product ID:SCEYMQ25XP
Early Daoist Hagiographies: The Revelations of Yang XI and the Inner Tradition of Han Emperor Wu
Early Daoist Hagiographies offers an engaging new translation of six key Daoist texts that illuminate the interplay between religion and literature in medieval China. Five of the texts are hagiographies from the fourth-century Supreme Purity (Shangqing) tradition, attributed to Yang Xi, who claimed to receive divine revelations from perfected beings during nightly séances. These narratives...
Series: The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197580004ISBN-10:197580009UPC:9780197580004Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:AsianBook Topic:ChineseSize:9.44 x 6.58 x 1.09 inchesWeight:1.2214Product ID:SCEYMQ25XP
J. E. E. Pettit is Associate Professor of Daoism at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and coauthor, with Chao-jan Chang, of A Library of Clouds: The Scripture of the Immaculate Numen and the Rewriting of Daoist Texts. Matthew Wells is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Kentucky and the author of To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in...
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