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Healing, Religion, and Politics in Medieval China

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Friday, October 30, 202618:30 – 20:00
Pigott Theatre, British Library, London
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In the spring of 902 CE, a governor in northwest China tried to end an epidemic that had lasted for three years. He ordered monks and nuns at more than a dozen Buddhist temples to perform rituals of chanting and confession twice a month. By chance, both the governor's order and the Buddhist community's response survived among the Dunhuang manuscripts, a remarkable collection of documents…

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