Precious Volumes: An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

by Daniel L. Overmyer

"Precious volumes," or pao-ch an, were produced by popular sects in the Ming and early Qing dynasties. These scriptures were believed to have been divinely revealed to sect leaders and contain teachings and ritual instructions that provide valuable information about a lively and widespread religious tradition outside mainstream Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Largely neglected until now, they testify to the imagination and devotion of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067469838X
• ISBN13: 9780674698383
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"