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Making Transcendents

Ascetics And Social Memory In Early Medieval China

by Robert Ford Campany
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS, November of 2016 ‧
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By the middle of the third century BCE in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian) - deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. Those who aspired to this status have traditionally been portrayed as hermit-like figures. This study offers a different view, arguing that transcendence should be seen as a religious role situated among other social roles.

Making Transcendents

Ascetics And Social Memory In Early Medieval China

by Robert Ford Campany

Property Description
ISBN: 9780824867461
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS
Release Date: November of 2016
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 320
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of the Middle Ages
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780824867461