Precious Volumes

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

af Daniel L. Overmyer

This book, the most detailed and comprehensive study of pao-chuan in any language, studies 34 early examples in order to understand the origins and development of this textual tradition. Although it focuses on content and structure, it also treats the social context of these works, as well as their transmission and ritual use.