Vernacular "Fiction" and Celestial Script: A Daoist Manual for the Use of Water Margin

This article maps out a sphere of ritual practice that recognizably serves as a framework for the famous Ming dynasty (1368–1644) vernacular narrative Water Margin (水滸傳 Shuihu zhuan). By establishing a set of primary referents that are ritual in nature, I question the habit of applying the modern ca...

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Main Author: Meulenbeld, Mark R. E. 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B Shuihu zhuan
B Revelation
B LITERARY interpretation
B celestial script
B Ritual
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