| Description |
xv, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Hacienda Heights, Calif., 1989. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The religious and historical landscape / Peter N. Gregory and Patricia Buckley Ebrey -- The expansion of the Wen-Ch'ang cult / Terry F. Kleeman -- Gods on walls / Valerie Hansen -- The growth of purgatory / Stephen F. Teiser --Myth, ritual, and monastic practice in Sung Ch'an buddhism / T. Griffith Foulk -- The response of the Sung state to popular funeral practices / Patricia |
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Buckley Ebrey -- Not by the seal of office alone / Judith Magee Boltz -- Channels of connection in Sung religion / Judith A. Berling -- Southern Sung academies as sacred places / Linda Walton. |
| Subject |
China -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses.
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China -- History -- Tang dynasty, 618-907 -- Congresses.
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China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947-
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Gregory, Peter N., 1945-
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| ISBN |
0824815300 (acid-free paper) |
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