"Precious volumes," or "pao-chuan," were produced by popular
sects in the Ming and early Qing dynasties. These scriptures were
believed to have been divinely revealed to sect leaders and contain
teachings and ritual instructions that provide valuable information
about a lively and widespread religious tradition outside
mainstream Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Largely neglected
until now, they testify to the imagination and devotion of popular
religious leaders. This book, the most detailed and comprehensive
study of "pao-chuan" in any language, studies 34 early examples of
this literature in order to understand the origins and development
of this textual tradition. Although the work focuses on content and
structure, it also treats the social context of these works as well
as their transmission and ritual use.
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