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Daoist Ritual, State Religion, and Popular Practices
Zhenwu Worship from Song to Ming (960-1644)
Series: Routledge Studies in Taoism
Zhenwu, or the Perfected Warrior, is one of the few Chinese Deities that can rightfully claim a countrywide devotion. Religious specialists, lay devotees, the state machine, and the cultural industry all participated, both collaboratively and competitively, in the evolution of this devotional...
Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge