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Empowered Writing. Exorcistic and Apotropaic Rituals in Medieval China
Publisher
Three Pines Press
Place of Publication
St. Petersburg, FL
ISSN/ISBN
978-1-931483-23-0
Keywords
sinology, chinese religions, ritual studies, daoism, buddhism, chinese philology
Abstract
'Empowered Writing' explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exorcistic and apotropaic properties. Using a vast arsenal of original sources, the book traces the unfolding and transformation of empowered writing from the Warring States period through the Six Dynasties, closely examining the different kinds of writing, their uses, and interpretation as well as relating uniquely Daoist features to imperial and Buddhist usages.
