On a crisp morning at the cusp where autumn turns into winter, two Chinese youngsters accompanied me to the Mutianyu section of the great wall. With their help everything turned out to be smooth. I…| Don't hold your breath
Cao Xinyu 曹新宇, Zushi de zupu—Ming Qing Bailianjiao shehui lishi diaocha 祖師的族譜—明清白蓮教社會歷史調查 (A genealogy of the patriarchs: A social historical investigation of the White Lotus Teachings in the Ming and Qing dynasties), Beijing: Shangwu Yinshuguan, 2023. ISBN: 978-7-1001-8416-8, 316 pages, 128 RMB. Reviewed by Barend J. ter Haar (University of Hamburg) Everybody working in the […]| European Research Centre for Chinese Studies