Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China
Subtitle: A Reading of Tai Fu's 'Kuang-i chi' (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780521893220
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; BCE to c 500 CE; Prehistory; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: American; History; History - General History; Chinese; China; Asian - General; Medieval; History / Medieval; Literary Criticism-Asian - General; Tai, Fu, --chin shih 757.--Kuang i chi; Tai, Fu,--chin shih 757.--Kuang i chi
First sentence: The voice that will open this book belonged to a young provincial woman of the eighth century: A girl of T'ung-lu named Wang Fa-chic has served the spirit of a young man since early in life.