Lord of the Three in One:
The Spread of a Cult in Southeast China
Kenneth Dean

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Illustrations and Tables
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	3
Ch. 1	Ritual-Events	30
Ch. 2	The Apotheosis of Lin Zhao'en	64
Ch. 3	The Early Disciples	96
Ch. 4	Inner Alchemy, Scriptures, and Liturgies	137
Ch. 5	The Three in One in the Qing and Republican Eras	163
Ch. 6	Ritual Traditions of the Three in One	185
Ch. 7	Current Cultural Range of the Three in One	227
Ch. 8	The Three in One in Contemporary China	257
	Conclusion	273
App. 1	Editions of Lin Zhao'en's Writings	297
App. 2	The Chart of the Inner Landscape of the Nine Stages	299
App. 3	Summary of the Xiawunijing	309
App. 4	Scriptures to Popular Deities: The God of Theater	326
App. 5	Ritual Documents in the Wubentang Guitiao	331
App. 6	Ritual Calendars	335
App. 7	Liturgies: The Purification of a Stage	339
App. 8	Ritual Spells and Visualizations	344
App. 9	The Evolution of the Dragon Mountain Hall	347
App. 10	Chinese Text of the Bentijing	349
App. 11	List of Three in One Books and Manuscripts	350
	Glossary	355
	Bibliography	369
	Index	397

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