Precious Volumes : An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / Daniel L. Overmyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Overmyer, Daniel L., author.

Series:

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 49.

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious literature, Chinese--History and criticism.

Religious literature, Chinese.

Chinese literature--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--History and criticism.

Chinese literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1999.

Other Title:

An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Place of Publication:

Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 1999.

Summary:

"Precious volumes," or pao-chüan, were produced by popular sects in the Ming and early Qing dynasties. These scriptures were believed to have been divinely revealed to sect leaders and contain teachings and ritual instructions that provide valuable information about a lively and widespread religious tradition outside mainstream Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Largely neglected until now, they testify to the imagination and devotion of popular religious leaders. This book, the most detailed and comprehensive study of pao-chüan in any language, studies 34 early examples of this literature in order to understand the origins and development of this textual tradition. Although the work focuses on content and structure, it also treats the social context of these works as well as their transmission and ritual use.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Appendixes

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Appendix H

Appendix I

Reference Matter.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68417-031-1

OCLC:

999606418

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170319 DOI