
Religious Experience and Lay Society in t'Ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-I Chi' - Paperback
Religious Experience and Lay Society in t'Ang China: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-I Chi' - Paperback
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by Glen Dudbridge (Author)
The remains of Tai Fu's lost collection Kuang-i chi ("The Great Book of Marvels") preserve three hundred short tales of encounters with the other world. Through the eyes of an official, the picture emerges of a complex lay society, served by a mixed priesthood of ritual practitioners. This study develops a style of close reading through which the tales give access to the lives of individuals in eighth-century China, a society embarking on fundamental change.



















