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Empowered writing : exorcistic and apotropaic rituals in medieval China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bumbacher, Stephan Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Petersburg, Fla. : Three Pines Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Talismans > China > History.
Exorcism > China > History.
Chinese language > Writing > Religious aspects > History.
Table of Contents:
  • From tally to certificate of legitimation
  • Fu-tallies and political authority
  • The religious context
  • Petition rituals
  • Daoist bureaucracy and registers
  • Daoist sacred scriptures
  • The Buddhist context
  • Whose influence?
  • Epilogue: the end of Chinese magic.