Campany, Robert Ford,  1959- <br/><br/>
Making transcendents  ascetics and social memory in early medieval China /  [electronic resource] : 
 Ascetics and social memory in early medieval China 
Robert Ford Campany. 
 - Honolulu :  University of Hawai'i Press,  c2009. 
 - xviii, 300 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-289) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Boulder, Colo. : <br/>NetLibrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781441620163 (electronic bk.) 1441620168 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Asceticism--Taoism--History--To 1500.<br/>Taoism--Social aspects--History--China--To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL1923  / .C34 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>299/.51461