Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Conventions xvii
6. Part I. Signs from the Unseen Realm and Buddhist Miracle Tales in Early Medieval China
7. Introduction 1
8. Wang Yan and the Making of Mingxiang ji 7
9. Miracle Tales and the Communities That Exchanged Them 17
10. The Idiom of Buddhism Represented in the Tales 30
11. Miracle Tales and the Sinicization of Buddhism 37
12. The Narrative Shape of the Miraculous 43
13. Religious Themes in the Text 49
14. Part II. Translation: Signs from the Unseen Realm
15. Preface 63
16. 1(27)–25(269) 68
17. 26(277)–129(967) 120
18. Appendix 1. Fragments and Questionable Items 261
19. Appendix 2. List of Major Motifs 263
20. Bibliography 265
21. Index 293
22. About the Author 301