Miraculous Retribution: A Study and Translation of Tang Lin's Ming-Pao Chi

by Donald E. Gjertson, Sarbjit Johal

English (translation)
Original Chinese

305 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1989

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick and meticulous study and translation of the Mingbao ji, an early Tang collection of miracle tales. There are four chapters to the study: one on genre, one on the author, one on the editions, and one on Chinese-Buddhist cosmology. A lovely source for thinking through Chinese religion "in between" the canonical scriptures/classical histories on the one hand and the Dunhuang manuscripts on the other.

Of course the underworld would be structured like a bureaucracy!!