Buddhism and tales of the supernatural in early medieval China : : a study of Liu Yiqing's (403-444) Youming lu / / Zhenjun Zhang.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia, Volume 114
• VerfasserIn: Zhang, Zhenjun,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2014
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 114.
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• הערות: Revised version of the author's dissertation (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007).

This book demonstrates the historical changes in early medieval China as seen in the tales of the supernatural—thematic transformation from traditional demonic retribution to Karmic retribution, from indigenous Chinese netherworld to Buddhist concepts of hell, and from the traditional Chinese savior...