| Opusculum de Sectis Apud Sinenses Et Tunkinenses: A Small Treatise on the Sects Among the Chinese and Tonkinese Contributor(s): Di St Thecla, Father Adriano (Author), Dror, Olga (Translator), Berezovska, Mariya (Translator) |
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ISBN: 087727732X ISBN-13: 9780877277323 Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Eastern - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - Religion | Buddhism - History |
| Dewey: 299.51 |
| LCCN: 2004266900 |
| Series: Studies on Southeast Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7" W x 10" (1.38 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taylor, K. W.: - Keith W. Taylor is Professor of Vietnamese Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of A History of the Vietnamese. |