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11 Jordan, op. cit., pp. 67-86.
12 For a discussion of "fairy bones" see Potter, op. cit., pp. 225-226.
13 For an English translation of the Monkey legend, see Wu, 1942.
14 MacGowan, 1889.
15 It is important that the medium performs this particular act of self-mutilation from time to time because the blood from his tongue is used to make "powerful" amulets known as ling chue ✯✯.
16 Lewis, 1971.
17 Feuchtwang, 1974.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ahern, E. The Cult of The Dead in a Chinese Village, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1973.
Doolittle, J. The Social Life of The Chinese, 2 vols., orig. Harper & Row, New York, 1865 (Reprint Ch'eng Wen, Taipei, 1966).
Elliott, A. J. Chinese Spirit-Medium Cults in Singapore, London School of Economics and Political Science Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 14, Athlone Press, London, 1955.
Feuchtwang, S. "City Temples in Taipei under Three Regimes", in M. Elvin and G. W. Skinner eds., The Chinese City Between Two Worlds, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1974, pp. 264-302.
Jordan, D. Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1972.
MacGowan, J. Christ or Confucius, Which?: The Story of The Amoy Mission, London Missionary Society, 1889, London (Reprint Ch'eng Wen, Taipei, 1971).
Potter, J. "Cantonese Shamanism", in A. Wolf ed., Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1974, pp. 207-232.
Wu, Ch'eng-en. Monkey (Translated by Arthur Waley), Allen & Unwin, London, 1942.
ADDENDUM
A run of annual mimeographed Chinese texts on spirit mediumship, covering the years 1933-1942 and produced in or for Hong Kong, was discovered by the Hon. Editor of this Journal in a second-hand bookshop recently and is now held by the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.
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Il Jordan, op. cit., pp. 67-86.
12 For a discussion of "fairy bones" see Potter, op. cit., pp. 225-226.
13 For an English translation of the Monkey legend, see Wu, 1942. 14 MacGowan, 1889.
15 It is important that the medium performs this particular act of self- mutilation from time to time because the blood from his tongue is used to make "powerful" amulets known as ling chue ✯✯.
16 Lewis, 1971.
17 Feuchtwang, 1974.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ahern, E. The Cult of The Dead in a Chinese Village, Stanford University
Press, Stanford, 1973.
Doolittle, J. The Social Life of The Chinese, 2 vols., orig. Harper & Row,
New York, 1865 (Reprint Ch'eng Wen, Taipei, 1966).
Elliott, A. J. Chinese Spirit-Medium Cults in Singapore, London School of Économics and Political Science Monographs on Social Anthropology No. 14, Athlone Press, London, 1955.
Feuchtwang, S. "City Temples in Taipei under Three Regimes", in M. Elvin and G. W. Skinner eds., The Chinese City Between Two Worlds, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1974, pp. 264-302.
Jordan, D. Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors, University of California Press,
Berkeley, 1972.
MacGowan, J. Christ or Confucius, Which?: The Story of The Amoy Mission, London Missionary Society, 1889, London (Reprint Ch'eng Wen, Taipei, 1971).
Potter, J. "Cantonese Shamanism", in A. Wolf ed., Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1974, pp. 207-232. Wu, Ch'eng-en. Monkey (Translated by Arthur Waley), Allen & Unwin,
London, 1942.
ADDENDUM
A run of annual mimeographed Chinese texts on spirit mediumship, covering the years 1933-1942 and produced in or for Hong Kong, was discovered by the Hon. Editor of this Journal in a second-hand bookshop recently and is now held by the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.
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