Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i Chi' |
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| Author:
| Dudbridge, Glen |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-48223-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1995 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $132.00 |
Book Description:
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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. This study develops a style of close reading through which those tales give access to the lives of individuals in eighth-century China.
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. This study develops a style of close reading through which those tales give access to the lives of individuals in eighth-century China.