Linked Faiths: Essays on Chinese Religions and Traditional Culture, in Honour of Kristofer Schipper.

• Author: KROLL, PAUL W.
• Position: Review

Linked Faiths: Essays on Chinese Religions and Traditional Culture, in Honour of Kristofer Schipper. Edited by JAN A. D. DE MEYER and PETER M. ENGELFRIET. Sinica Leidensia, vol. 46. Leiden: BRILL, 2000. Pp. 370.

A collection of thirteen essays constituting a Festschrift for Kristofer Schipper by colleagues and friends from Leiden University, where Schipper accepted a professorship in 1993 after many years as the dean of Taoist studies in Paris. The contributions are the following: Burchard J. Mansvelt Beck, "'Ik' zei de gek, 'I' Mencius, 'I' Laozi, 'Zhuang Zhou' Zhuangzi"; Sato Masayuki, "The Development of Pre-Qin Conceptual Terms and their Incorporation into Xunzi's Thought"; Tiziana Lippiello, "Interpreting Written Riddles: A Typical Chinese Way of Divination"; Ad Dudink, "The Poem Loajun bianhua wuji jing: Introduction, Summary, Text and Translation"; Jan De Meyer, "Linked Verse and Linked Faiths: An Inquiry into the Social Circle of an Eminent Tang Dynasty Master"; Barend J. ter Haar, "The Rise of the Guanyu Cult: The Taoist Connection"; Wilt L. Idema, "Guanyin's Acolytes"; Giovanni Vitiello, "The Forgotten Tears of the Lord of Longyang: Late Ming Stories of Male Prostitution and Connoisseurship"; Peter M. Engel friet, "Linked Faiths, Divergent Paths? Some Remarks on Taoism and Medicine in Late Ming and Early Qing China"; E. Zurcher, "Christian Social Action in Late Ming Times: Wang Zhen and his 'Humanitarian Society'"; Nicolas Standaert, "The Classification of Sciences and the Jesuit Mission in Late Ming China"; Ellen Utzinger, "A Host of Princes"; and Robin Ruizendaal, "Ritual Text and...