Making Transcendents : : Ascetics and Social Memory in Early Medieval China / / Robert Ford Campany.
Honorable Mention, Joseph Levenson Prize (pre-1900 category), Association for Asian StudiesBy the middle of the third century B.C.E. in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian)-deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. This quest for transcendence becam...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 4 b&w images |
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