书名：Precious Volumes: An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / 16-17世纪中国百家经典介绍
定价：488.0
ISBN：9780674698383
作者：Daniel L. Overmyer
版次：1
出版时间：1999-01

内容提要：

书名：Precious Volumes: An Introduction to Chinese Sectarian Scriptures from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries / 宝卷：十六至十七世纪中国教派经卷导论
作者：Daniel L. Overmyer (欧大年)
出版社：Harvard University Asia Center (Distributed by Harvard University Press)，1999年
装帧：精装，444页
语种：英文
尺寸：约 15.2*22.9 cm（6 x 9 英寸）
ISBN：978-0-6746-9838-3

简介

“宝卷”（pao-chüan）是由明清时期民间宗教教派制作的文本，被认为是由神启授予教派领袖，包含教义和仪式指导，为了解儒家、道教和佛教主流之外一种活跃而广泛的宗教传统提供了宝贵信息。这些此前长期被忽视的文献，见证了民间宗教领袖的想象力与虔诚。本书是任何语言中对宝卷最详尽和全面的研究，考察了34部早期宝卷文献，以理解这一文本传统的起源与发展。全书共分八章，涵盖中国神圣文本史的先例、十五世纪《皇极宝卷》的救赎官僚体系模型、罗清的無為教宝卷、1523年的《九莲宝卷》、十六世纪后期宝卷的主题、十七世纪的“宝卷”、龙华经，以及结语，并附有附录。

"Precious volumes," or pao-chüan, 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-chüan 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.