Legend, lore, and religion in China
Subtitle: essays in honor of Wolfram Eberhard on his seventieth birthday
By: edited by Sarah Allan, Alvin P. Cohen ; contributions by Sarah Allan ... [et al.].
Contributors: Allan, Sarah.; Cohen, Alvin P.
Series: Asian library series ;; no. 13
Publisher: Chinese Materials Center
Published: 1979
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Eberhard, Wolfram, 1909-; Folklore -- China.; China -- Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Allan, S. Shang foundations of modern Chinese folk religion.; title: Tsai, W. Historical personalities in Chinese folk religion.; title: Mark, L. L. Orthography riddles, divination, and word magic.; title: Bauer, W. Chinese glyphomancy (chʻai-tzu) and its uses in present-day Taiwan.; title: Cowhen, A. P. Avenging ghosts and moral judgement in ancient Chinese historiography.; title: Schak, D. C. Images of beggars in Chinese culture.; title: Franke, H. Some folkloristic data in the dynastic history of Hong Kong boat-folk songs.; title: Mowry, H. L. The legend of Li Miao-hui.; title: Pollack, D. Literature as game in the Tʻang.