Fountain of Fortune: Money and Monetary Policy in China

by Richard von Glahn

The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon but rather as an embodiment of greed and lust, a maleficent demon who preyed on the weak and vulnerable. In The Sinister Way, Richard von Glahn examines the emergence and evolution of the Wutong cult within the larger framework of the historical development of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520204085
• ISBN13: 9780520204089
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"