De Jiao - A Religious Movement in Contemporary China and Overseas: Purple Qi from the East

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vii CONTENTS List of Tables ix List of Maps xi List of Illustrations xiii Preface xv A Note on Chinese Romanization and the Use of Patronymic Terms xvii Introduction 1 I. Purple qi Coming from the East 24 II. Spread to the Southern Seas: The Buddhist Horizon 56 III. Spread to the Southern Seas: Facing the Malay Muslims 79 IV. De Jiao’s Unity and Diversity 112 V. The Flying Vermilion Bird 139 VI. Back to the Motherland and Towards the Global World 175 Conclusion 208 Appendix 217 Notes 220 Glossary 236 Bibliography 246 Index 253 ...