Supernatural Intervention in Chinese literature and culture.
The role of the supernatural in the affairs of the living, as a Chinese literary and cultural theme, is discussed with reference to Dream of the Red Chamber, Six Records of a Floating Life, The Death of Woman Wang, and the works of Yuan Mei. It is emphasized that the supernatural was regarded as a natural and recurring set of forces having effect in the temporal, material world. 10 pgs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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