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216 Journal of Chinese Religions Hanren zongjiao, minjian xinyang yu yuyanshu de tansuo 漢人宗教 民、間信仰與預言書的探索 Wang Jianchuan 王見川. Luzhou (Taibei county) 台北縣瀘洲市: Boyang wenhua 博揚文化, 2008. 451 pages. ISBN 978-986-6543-01-2. NT$500.00 paper. Taiwan Fojiao, Rujiao yu minjian xinyang 臺灣佛教、儒教與民間信 仰 Li Shiwei 李世偉. Luzhou (Taibei county) 台北縣瀘洲市: Boyang wenhua 博 揚文化, 2008. 437 pages. ISBN 978-986-654300-5. NT$450.00 paper. These are the first two volumes in a new series of collected essays (zixuanji 自選集) on Chinese religions by well-known scholars. The volume by the ubiquitous Wang Jianchuan gathers together nineteen previously published articles on topics representing his principal research areas: local deity cults, popular sects, historical aspects of Daoism and Taiwanese Buddhism, prophetic literature in the Chinese tradition, and folk legends and myths. Li Shiwei presents fourteen articles on Taiwanese Buddhism, popular Confucianism, popular deities, and Taiwanese religious movements. Complete bibliographies of the authors’ works as well as their personal reflections on their scholarly careers round off these useful volumes. Daojiao yu Zhongguo minjian wenxue 道教与中国民间文学 Liu Shouhua 刘守华. Beijing: Zhongguo youyi chubanshe 中国友谊出版社, 2008. 404 pages. ISBN 978-7-5057-2415-0. RMB 32.00 paper. This is the updated and expanded version of a work first published in Taiwan in 1991 by Hubei folklorist Liu Shouhua. It provides general overviews of Daoist elements in and influences on a wide range of types of popular literature, including but not limited to mythology, legend, oral literature, folk tales, songs, and local drama. We find thematic foci on stories surrounding specific deities (e.g., the Eight Immortals [ba xian 八仙], the earth god, Bixia Yuanjun 碧霞元君, the Yellow Emperor [Huangdi 黄帝]) as well as on individual texts (e.g., Taiyang jing 太阳经 and Taiyin jing 太阴经). ...

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