文档介绍：POPULAR RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND HETERODOX
SECTS IN CHINESE HISTORY
CHINA STUDIES
Published for the Institute for Chinese Studies
University of Oxford
EDITORS:
GLEN DUDBRIDGE
FRANK PIEKE
VOLUME 3
POPULAR RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENTS AND
HETERODOX SECTS IN
CHINESE HISTORY
BY
HUBERT SEIWERT
IN COLLABORATION WITH
MA XISHA
BRILL
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2003
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Seiwert, Hubert Michael, 1949-
Popular religious movements and heterodox sects in Chinese history / By Hubert Seiwert
; in collaboration with Ma Xisha.
p. cm. –(China studies ; vol. 3)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 90-04-13146-9
1. China–Religion–History. I. Title. II. China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; vol. 3.
2003
299'.51–dc21
2003045206
ISSN 0928–5520
ISBN 90 04 13146 9
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CONTENTS
Foreword................................................................................................. xi
Conventions and Abbreviations.................................................................. xiv
GENERAL INTRODUCTION..........................................................1
PART ONE
POPULAR SECTS AND HETERODOXY
BEFORE THE MING DYNASTY
INTRODUCTION............................