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Signs from the Unseen Realm

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classics in EasT asian BUDDHisM

Signs from the

Unseen Realm

Buddhist Miracle Tales from

Early Medieval China

A translation and study by

RoBERT FoRD caMpany

a KURoDa insTiTUTE BooK

University of Hawai‘i press

Honolulu

printed in the United states of america

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library of congress cataloging-in-publication Data

campany, Robert Ford, 1959-

signs from the unseen realm : Buddhist miracle tales from early medieval

china / a translation and study by Robert Ford campany.

p. cm. — (classics in East asian Buddhism)

includes bibliographical references and index.

isBn 978-0-8248-3602-3 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Wang, yan, 5th cent. Ming xiang ji. 2. Buddhist legends—china.

3. Miracles (Buddhism) i. Wang, yan, 5th cent. Ming xiang ji. English.

ii. Title. iii. Title: Buddhist miracle tales from early medieval china.

BQ5775.c6c36 2012

294.3’44320951—dc23

2011038216

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