The Monastery of Jade Mountain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Monastery of Jade Mountain write by Peter Goullart. This book was released on 1961. The Monastery of Jade Mountain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Monastery of Jade Mountain
The Monastery of Jade Mountain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Monastery of Jade Mountain write by Peter Goullart. This book was released on 1961. The Monastery of Jade Mountain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Guan Yu
Guan Yu - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Guan Yu write by B. J. ter Haar. This book was released on 2017. Guan Yu available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Guan Yu was a minor general in the early third century CE, who supported one of numerous claimants to the throne. He was captured and executed by enemy forces in 219. He eventually became one the most popular and influential deities of imperial China under the name Lord Guan or Emperor Guan, of the same importance as the Buddhist bodhisattva Guanyin. This is a study of his cult, but also of the tremendous power of oral culture in a world where writing became increasingly important. In this study, we follow the rise of the deity through his earliest stage as a hungry ghost, his subsequent adoption by a prominent Buddhist monastery during the Tang (617-907) as its miraculous supporter, and his recruitment by Daoist ritual specialists during the Song dynasty (960-1276) as an exorcist general. He was subsequently known as a rain god, a protector against demons and barbarians, and, eventually, a moral paragon and almost messianic saviour. Throughout his divine life, the physical prowess of the deity, more specifically Lord Guan's ability to use violent action for doing good, remained an essential dimension of his image. Most research ascribes a decisive role in the rise of his cult to the literary traditions of the Three Kingdoms, best known from the famous novel by this name. This book argues that the cult arose from oral culture and spread first and foremost as an oral practice.
Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools
Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools write by James M. Hargett. This book was released on 2018-12-18. Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First-hand accounts of travel provide windows into places unknown to the reader, or new ways of seeing familiar places. In Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools, the first book-length treatment in English of Chinese travel literature (youji), James M. Hargett identifies and examines core works in the genre, from the Six Dynasties period (220–581), when its essential characteristics emerged, to its florescence in the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644). He traces the dynamic process through which the genre, most of which was written by scholars and officials, developed, and shows that key features include a journey toward an identifiable place; essay or diary format; description of places, phenomena, and conditions, accompanied by authorial observations, comments, and even personal feelings; inclusion of sensory details; and narration of movement through space and time. Travel literature’s inclusion of a variety of writing styles and purposes has made it hard to delineate. Hargett finds, however, that classic pieces of Chinese travel literature reveal much about the author, his values, and his view of the world, which in turn tells us about the author’s society, making travel literature a rich source of historical information.
The Taoist Experience
The Taoist Experience - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Taoist Experience write by Livia Kohn. This book was released on 1993-01-01. The Taoist Experience available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Containing sixty translations from a large variety of texts, this is an accessible yet thorough introduction to the major concepts, doctrines, and practices of Taoism. It presents the philosophy, rituals, and health techniques of the ancients as well as the practices and ideas of Taoists today. Divided into four sections, it follows the Taoist Path: The Tao, Long Life, Eternal Vision, and Immortality. It shows how the world of the Tao is perceived from within the tradition, what fervent Taoists did, and how practitioners saw their path and goals. The Taoist Experience is unique in that it presents the whole of Taoist tradition in the very words of its active practitioners. It conveys not only a sense of the depth of the Taoist religious experience but also of the underlying unity of the various schools and strands.
