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The author focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees, showing that these Taoists were neither the socially despised illiterates dismissed in so many studies, nor otherworldly ascetics, but active participants in the religious economy of the city.

The Taoists of Peking 18001949

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      Publisher Harvard University, Asia Center
      Published 1 April 2007
      ISBN-13 9780674025059
      978-0674025059
      ISBN-10 0674025059
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      History of religion Religious life and practice

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees, showing that these Taoists were neither the socially despised illiterates dismissed in so many studies, nor otherworldly ascetics, but active participants in the religious economy of the city.

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