Bumbacher, Stephan Peter. <br/><br/>
Empowered writing :  exorcistic and apotropaic rituals in medieval China / 
 Exorcistic and apotropaic rituals in medieval China 
Stephan Peter Bumbacher. 
 - St. Petersburg, FL :  Three Pines Press,  2012. 
 - 220 p. 
<br/><br/>From tally to certificate of legitimation -- Fu-tallies and political authority -- The religious context -- Petition rituals -- Daoist bureaucracy and registers -- Daoist sacred scriptures -- The Buddhist context -- Whose influence? -- Epilogue: the end of Chinese magic. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M08 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781931483230 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Talismans--History.--China<br/>Exorcism--History.--China<br/>Chinese language--Writing--Religious aspects--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF1561  / B942 E 2012