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Crazy Ji : Chinese religion and popular literature / Meir Shahar.

By: Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 48.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1998.Description: xviii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 067417562X (alk. paper)
  • 9780674175624 (alk. paper)
  • 0674175638 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780674175631 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Chinese religion and popular literature
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Crazy Ji.DDC classification:
  • 299/.51 21
LOC classification:
  • GR335.4.T35 S45 1998
Contents:
Introduction: Religion and Vernacular Fiction in China Pt. I. Daoji the Man. 1. Daoji the Man. 2. Madness and Power in Chinese Buddhism Pt. II. Crazy Ji the Fictional Character. 3. Monk and Magician. 4. Clown and Moral Exemplar. 5. Martial Artist and Champion of the Poor Pt. III. Jigong the God. 6. From Spirit Possession to Monastic Appropriation. Conclusion: The God's Laughter A. Extant Written, and Transcribed Oral, Fiction on Jigong B. The Thirty eight Sequels to the Storyteller's Jigong C. Extant Pre Twentieth Century Plays on Jigong D. Literature on, and by, Jigong Distributed in Taiwanese Temples.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks GR335.4.T35 S45 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00004202

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-311) and index.

Introduction: Religion and Vernacular Fiction in China Pt. I. Daoji the Man. 1. Daoji the Man. 2. Madness and Power in Chinese Buddhism Pt. II. Crazy Ji the Fictional Character. 3. Monk and Magician. 4. Clown and Moral Exemplar. 5. Martial Artist and Champion of the Poor Pt. III. Jigong the God. 6. From Spirit Possession to Monastic Appropriation. Conclusion: The God's Laughter A. Extant Written, and Transcribed Oral, Fiction on Jigong B. The Thirty eight Sequels to the Storyteller's Jigong C. Extant Pre Twentieth Century Plays on Jigong D. Literature on, and by, Jigong Distributed in Taiwanese Temples.

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