Linked faiths : : essays on Chinese religions and traditional culture in honour of Kristofer Schipper / / edited by Jan A. M. De Meyer and Peter M. Engelfriet.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 46
• TeilnehmendeR: Meyer, Jan de, 1961-; Engelfriet, Peter M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 46.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- "Ik" zei de gek, "I" Mencius, "I" Laozi, "Zhuang Zhou" Zhuangzi -- The Development of pre-Qin Conceptual Terms and their Incorporation into Xunzi's Thought -- Interpreting Written Riddles: a Typical Chinese Way of Divination -- The Poem Laojun bianhua wuji jing: Introduction, Summary, Text and Translation -- Linked Verse and Linked Faiths: An Inquiry into the Social Circle of an Eminent Tang Dynasty Taoist Master -- The Rise of the Guanyu Cult: the Taoist Connection -- Guanyin's Acolytes -- The Forgotten Tears of the Lord of Longyang: Late Ming Stories of Male Prostitution and Connoisseurship -- Linked Faiths, Divergent Paths? Some Remarks on Taoism and Medicine in Late Ming and Early Qing China -- Christian Social Action in Late Ming Times: Wang Zheng and his "Humanitarian Society" -- The Classification of Sciences and the Jesuit Mission in Late Ming China -- A Host of Princes -- Ritual Text and Performance in the Marionette Theatre of Southern Fujian and Taiwan -- Abbreviations -- Index.