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    by Shields Anna ...
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    This volume of interdisciplinary essays examines the intersection of religion and literature in medieval China, focusing on the impact of Buddhism and Daoism on a wide range of elite and popular literary texts and religious practices in the 3rd-11th centuries CE. Drawing on the work of the interdisciplinary scholar Stephen Bokenkamp, the essays weave together the many cross-currents of religious, ... Read more

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  • From Tang to Song: Transmissions and Inventions in China’s Middle Period, Volume 2

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