The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture by Richard von Glahn
The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture

Richard von Glahn

The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture

Richard von Glahn

401 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

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The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon of noble qualities but rather as an embodiment of humanity's bas...

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