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CHINESE POETRY AND PROPHECY
THE WRITTEN ORACLE IN EAST ASIA |
| By: |
Michel Strickmann, Bernard Faure (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£116.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804743347 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804743341 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
31 March, 2005 |
| Series: |
Asian Religions and Cultures |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
This book argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. This practice would leave its most lasting imprint on the liturgical tradition of Taoism. In focusing on religious practice, the book provides a corrective to traditional studies of Chinese religion, which overemphasize metaphysics and spirituality. |
| Synopsis: |
Focusing on oracular texts, Chinese Poetry and Prophecy examines the role of divination in Chinese culture, particularly in religious practice. Drawing on a dazzling array of ancient and modern sources, the author establishes the oracular sequence of important but obscure works in his celebrated engaging style.This is the second posthumous work of Michel Strickmann to be to be edited by Bernard Faure for publication by Stanford University Press. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |