The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE-800 CE |
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| Author:
| Campany, Robert Ford |
| Series title: | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-24780-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE-800 CE investigates what dreams meant in late classical and early medieval China. Mapping a common dreamscape that underlies manuals of dream interpretation, scriptural instructions, and other texts, Robert Ford Campany sheds light on how people in a distant age wrestled with--and celebrated--the strangeness of dreams.
The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE-800 CE investigates what dreams meant in late classical and early medieval China. Mapping a common dreamscape that underlies manuals of dream interpretation, scriptural instructions, and other texts, Robert Ford Campany sheds light on how people in a distant age wrestled with--and celebrated--the strangeness of dreams.