Description: This volume of interdisciplinary essays examines the intersection of religion and literature in medieval China, focusing on the impact of Buddhism and Daoism on a wide range of elite and popular literary texts and religious practices in the 3rd-11th centuries CE.
Review Quotes:
The interdisciplinary nature of this volume allows for a more holistic understanding of medieval Chinese cultural practices. By exploring the confluence of poetry and religion, particularly Daoism and Buddhism, Raz and Shields provide new insights into how these traditions intersected and shaped each other in unexpected ways., - Richard G. Wang, Journal of Chinese History, issue 681, 2024