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An edition of Crazy Ji (1998)

Crazy Ji

Chinese religion and popular literature

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Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature is the first study in any language of one of the most colorful deities in the pantheon of late imperial and modern China: Sire Ji - or, as he is better known, Crazy Ji. The author uses the evolution of the cult of this eccentric deity to address central questions regarding the nature of the Chinese religious tradition, its relation to the Chinese social structure, and the role of vernacular fiction and popular media in shaping religious beliefs in China.

His analysis of the cult of Crazy Ji shows that far from being, as is often argued, a mirror of the Chinese bureaucratic order, Chinese religion offers a means of liberation from it. Finally, this study of the cult of Crazy Ji illustrates how lay believers influenced the practices of organized religion (in this case, monastic Buddhism).

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Harvard University Asia Center, Distributed by Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
330

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Subjects

Religious life and customs, Folklore, China, religion, China, social life and customs

People

Daoji (1148-1209)

Places

China

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Cover of: Crazy Ji
Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
November 1, 1998, Harvard University Asia Center
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Cover of: Crazy Ji
Crazy Ji: Chinese religion and popular literature
1998, Harvard University Asia Center, Distributed by Harvard University Press
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Cover of: Crazy Ji
Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
November 1, 1998, Harvard University Asia Center
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-311) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;, 48
Other Titles
Chinese religion and popular literature

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
299/.51
Library of Congress
GR335.4.T35 S45 1998, GR335.4.T35S45 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 330 p. :
Number of pages
330

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Open Library
OL358891M
ISBN 10
067417562X, 0674175638
LCCN
98018864
OCLC/WorldCat
39069318
Goodreads
208315
3321583

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