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Way and byway : Taoism, local religion, and models of divinity in Sung and modern China / Robert Hymes.

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Using a combination of newly mined Sung sources and modern ethnography, Robert Hymes addresses questions that have perplexed China scholars in recent years.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ACLS)
Main Author:	Hymes, Robert P.
Other title:	Taoism, local religion, and models of divinity in Sung and modern China.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Series:	ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:	Religion and culture > China. Taoism. Gods, Chinese. China > Religious life and customs. Religion and culture. China.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Celestial Heart Taoism
3. Hua-kai Mountain and Its Immortals
4. The Rise of the Hua-kai Cult
5. Explaining the Rise of the Hua-kai Cult
6. Taoists, Local Gods, and the Transformation of Wang Wen-ch'ing
7. The Bureaucratic Model: A Speculation
8. God Worship and the Chiao
9. Conclusion: The Two Models.