Making Transcendents
Robert Ford Campany
University of Hawai'i Press, 2016
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By the middle of the third century BCE in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian) - deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. Those who aspired to this status have traditionally been portrayed as hermit-like figures. This study offers a different view, arguing that transcendence should be seen as a religious role situated among other social roles.
- ISBN-13
- 9780824867461
- ISBN-10
- 0824867467
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Year
- 2016
- Publication date
- 2016-11-30
- Pages
- 320
- Dimensions
- 228x154x22
- Weight
- 453