Divine Traces of the Daoist Sisterhood

副标题: Records of the Assembled Transcendents of the Fortified Walled City, by Du Guangting (850-933)

ISBN: 9781931483049

出版社: Three Pines Press

出版年: 2006-2

页数: 244

定价: $27.95

装帧: Pap

内容简介

Divine Traces of the Daoist Sisterhood presents unique materials on the lives and religious quests of Daoist women in medieval China. Translating and discussing religious women's biographies, the book explores the social context, ideals, and specific techniques of their practice, relating the stories to overall Daoist themes and contemporaneous political events. It elucidates the underlying threads of women's divine careers, and brings out both the deep human interest and humor of the stories. Through Suzanne Cahill's efforts, the women of medieval Daoism receive a new and clear voice, to be heard across cultures and millennia.

作者简介

Suzanne E. Cahill is Professor of History and East Asian Studies at the University of California, San Diego. She has published widely on Chinese art, religion, and literature, and has taught a class on women in Chinese history for many years.

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