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Taoism and Chinese Religion

Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127–1276

by Valerie Hansen

A study of popular religion in the Southern Song dynasty based on temple inscriptions and other local sources. Hansen shows how new gods won followers through reported miracles and how the state granted titles to bring their cults under control.

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