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This text draws in a variety of primary sources, including histories, gazetteers, canonical records, memorials and essays, as well as secondary studies in Chinese, Japanese, English and French, in order to examine the White Lotus teachings in Chinese religious history.

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田海（Barend ter Haar）

牛津大学邵逸夫中文讲座教授、中国研究中心主任。曾任教于海德堡大学、莱顿大学。研究领域主要是中国社会文化史，尤其注重宗教史的研究。代表作包括Practicing Scripture: A Lay Buddhist Movement in Late Imperial China ( Honolulu: Hawai‘i University Press,2014)；Telling Stories: Witchcraft and Scapegoating in Chinese History (Leiden: Brill,2006)；The White Lotus Teaching in Chinese Religious History (Leiden: Brill,1992)等。