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Table of 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 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.

Contributors:

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947-

Gregory, Peter N., 1945-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

China — Religious life and customs — Congresses

China — History — Tang dynasty, 618-907 — Congresses

China — History — Song dynasty, 960-1279 — Congresses

618-1279

Song Dynasty (China)

Tang Dynasty (China)

China

Genres:

Conference papers and proceedings

History

General Notes:

Papers originally presented at a conference held in Hacienda Heights, Calif., 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xv, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

BL1802 .R45 1993

ISBNs:

0824815300 (acid-free paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

93020371

OCLC Numbers:

27726760