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Author: K.M. Schipper
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 15.50cm
, Length: 27.20cm
Weight: 3.790kg
ISBN: 9780226738178
ISBN 10: 0226738175
Pages: 1800
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
A work of great usefulness and importance, which should stimulate and facilitate the advancement of the field of Daoist Studies. -- Stephen Eskildsen Journal of Chinese Religions
A work of great usefulness and importance, which should stimulate and facilitate the advancement of the field of Daoist Studies.--Stephen Eskildsen Journal of Chinese Religions The most comprehensive and awe-inspiring of Taoist reference works available today. . . . Begun in the mid-1970s . . . this three-volume set is a truly magnificent achievement of scholarship, well worth the wait of several decades. . . . A model research tool that will further open the doors of traditional China and encourage more in-depth studies of the Taoist religion by providing systematic guidance to its key sources. . . . It provides a well-organized, systematic, and superbly executed collection of highly relevant and often overlooked materials, giving scholars access to an enormous trreasure trove of information and historical data.--Livia Kohn Asian Folklore Studies
The most comprehensive and awe-inspiring of Taoist reference works available today. . . . Begun in the mid-1970s . . . this three-volume set is a truly magnificent achievement of scholarship, well worth the wait of several decades. . . . A model research tool that will further open the doors of traditional China and encourage more in-depth studies of the Taoist religion by providing systematic guidance to its key sources. . . . It provides a well-organized, systematic, and superbly executed collection of highly relevant and often overlooked materials, giving scholars access to an enormous trreasure trove of information and historical data. --Livia Kohn Asian Folklore Studies A work of great usefulness and importance, which should stimulate and facilitate the advancement of the field of Daoist Studies. --Stephen Eskildsen Journal of Chinese Religions
A work of great usefulness and importance, which should stimulate and facilitate the advancement of the field of Daoist Studies. --Stephen Eskildsen Journal of Chinese Religions
Author Information
Kristofer Schipper was, until his retirement in 2003, professor of Chinese Religions at L'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études; he currently is director of the Library of the Western Belvedere at the University of Fuzhou. Franciscus Verellen is director of L'Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient, where he holds the chair in History of Taoism.
