 and some scholars such as Chen Mengjia, Kobayashi Taichirō, and William Boltz have theorized that the fangxiangshi exorcist was a personification of these demons, and was "in effect exorcising himself" (Boltz 1979: 423) .
<coherence>  and some scholars such as Chen Mengjia, Kobayashi Taichirō, and William Boltz have theorized that the fangxiangshi exorcist was a personification of these demons, and was "in effect exorcising himself" (Boltz 1979: 423) .
 and some scholars such as Chen Mengjia, Kobayashi Taichirō, and William Boltz have theorized that the fangxiangshi exorcist was a personification of these demons, and was "in effect exorcising himself" .