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THE VERMILION BIRD: T'ang Images of the South.
by SCHAFER, Edward H
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- Hardcover
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Berkeley 1967, Univ. Calif.Black cloth spine over buff cloth 380p., index, bibliography, notes, glossary, chronology, 18 x 27 cm., end paper maps FIRST EDITION With several black and white plates. Including the Nam-Viet, Hua people, Man people, women, divine beings, magical and poisonous plants, animals, minerals, etc. A great scholarly study of the 17th century relations with Viet-Nam and the minority peoples South of Yunnan. The ancient Chams and Khmers, ancient and modern people, foreground and back- ground. Good essay on the Taoists, Buddhists, Gods and Goblins, the world of creatures, mythological and real, Pneumas of earth, views of nature &c... Excellent background study. Native women, with their mysterious and often fatal love-potions...Superb reading ! * .
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- Title
- THE VERMILION BIRD: T'ang Images of the South.
- Author
- SCHAFER, Edward H
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- Used -
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- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Southeast Asia: Eclectic Items On Countries, Cultures & Subjects; Vietnam: Cochin-china, Tonkin, French-indo China: All Related; China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art];
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