"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.
| ISBN: | 9780674698383 |
| Publication date: | 7th July 1999 |
| Author: | Daniel L Overmyer, Harvard University, HarvardYenching Institute |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Asia Center an imprint of Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 444 pages |
| Series: | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series |
| Genres: |
Geography |
"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.
Precious Volumes features in the following genres: Geography
Precious Volumes is available in Hardback
Precious Volumes was written by Daniel L Overmyer, Harvard University, HarvardYenching Institute and published by Harvard University Asia Center an imprint of Harvard University Press
Precious Volumes has 444 pages
Yes it is part of Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series series