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Making transcendents [electronic resource] : ascetics and social memory in early medieval China / Robert Ford Campany.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009.Description: xviii, 300 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781441620163 (electronic bk.)
  • 1441620168 (electronic bk.)
Other title:
  • Ascetics and social memory in early medieval China
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 299/.51461 22
LOC classification:
  • BL1923 .C34 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Bringing transcendents down to earth -- The transcendent's cultural repertoire -- Deeper repertoire analysis: "avoiding grains" -- Secret arts, manifest wonders -- Verbal self-presentation and audience response -- Adepts and their communities -- Adepts, their families, and the imperium -- Hagiographic persuasions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-289) and index.

Bringing transcendents down to earth -- The transcendent's cultural repertoire -- Deeper repertoire analysis: "avoiding grains" -- Secret arts, manifest wonders -- Verbal self-presentation and audience response -- Adepts and their communities -- Adepts, their families, and the imperium -- Hagiographic persuasions.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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