Ritual and Mythology of the Chinese Triads
ter Haar, Barend J. (Professor of the Social and Economic History of China, University of Heidelberg)
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Hardback
350 pages
Published: 1998
Publisher: Brill
ISBN / EAN: 9004110631
This study presents an investigation into the phenomenon of the Chinese Triad, its rituals and mythological lore and its meanings and functions. Using a variety of primary and secondary sources, the author interprets Triad myth and ritual in their Chines
