Making transcendents: ascetics and social memory in early medieval China
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 imperiu...
| Subtitles: | Ascetics and social memory in early medieval China |
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| Contributors: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Honolulu
University of Hawai'i Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Taoïsme
/ Ascèse
/ Expérience transcendantale
/ Histoire 250 avant J.-C.-350
B China / Ascète / Histoire 300 avant J.-C.-350 B China / Xian / Histoire 300 avant J.-C.-350 B China / Religion / Ésotérisme / Ascèse / Transcendance / Unsterblicher |
| Further subjects: | B
Taoism
Social aspects
History
To 1500
China
B Asceticism Taoism History To 1500 B Asceticism Taoism History To 1500 B Taoism Social aspects (China) History To 1500 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-289) and index |
| ISBN: | 0824833333 |