Description: This book will open up a new window into early medieval religion by focusing on a special genre of textsBuddhist miracle tales--little studied in Western academia. The text in question is the Mingxiang ji, written by a 5th century literates.
Brief description: Robert Ford Campany is Gertrude Conway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities and professor of Asian studies and religions at Vanderbilt University.
Review Quotes: The book is a comprehensive study and annotated translation with commentaries of Mingxiang ji, a collection of Buddhist miracle tales. As a translation and study of zhiguai literature, Campany's book has surpassed all previous endeavors by other scholars of the genre in terms of its comprehensiveness, depth, and texture.--Sing-Chen Chiang, Boston College