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Article: T. H. Barrett. Taoism Under the T'ang: Religion and Empire During the Golden Age of Chinese History.(Review)
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- China Review International
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- September 22, 2000
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T. H. Barrett. Taoism Under the T'ang: Religion and Empire During the Golden Age of Chinese History. London: Wellsweep Press, 1996. 110 pp. Hardcover [pound]15.00, ISBN 0-948454-98-9.
Originally intended as a chapter for the projected second part of The Cambridge History of China, volume 3, Sui and Tang China (Cambridge University Press, 1979), this work has taken a long time to see print. I wish the author had not decided to limit himself to only minor revisions, but had taken the opportunity to offer for publication an updated and expanded version of his original research. This is not to say that what we have here is not good. On the contrary, it is precisely ...