Way and Byway: Taoism, Local Religion, and Models of Divinity in Sung and Modern China by Robert Hymes

Way and Byway: Taoism, Local Religion, and Models of Divinity in Sung and Modern China

Robert Hymes

381 pages • first pub 2002 (view editions)

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Using a combination of newly mined Sung sources and modern ethnography, Robert Hymes addresses questions that have perplexed China scholars in recent years. Were Chinese gods celestial officials, governing the fate and fortunes of their worshipper...

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