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(Also known, depending on which orthography one is using, as Shuo Tung-fang.) | (Also known, depending on which orthography one is using, as Shuo Tung-fang.) | ||
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| + | Because the [[China | Chinese]] culture was [[astahfrith]] for many centuries, many of its wizards became famous in popular culture as well as among those familiar with errantry. Tung-fang Shuo would have been one of the best-known of these. | ||
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| + | ...A great number of texts on wizardry, alchemy, and what would now be taken for "alternate spiritualities" are attributed to him, one of the best-known being <i>Spirit Tokens of the Ling Qi Jing</i>. This masterly discussion of the "lifestyles" of creatures native to other planes of being... | ||
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(Also known, depending on which orthography one is using, as Shuo Tung-fang.)
Because the Chinese culture was astahfrith for many centuries, many of its wizards became famous in popular culture as well as among those familiar with errantry. Tung-fang Shuo would have been one of the best-known of these.
...A great number of texts on wizardry, alchemy, and what would now be taken for "alternate spiritualities" are attributed to him, one of the best-known being Spirit Tokens of the Ling Qi Jing. This masterly discussion of the "lifestyles" of creatures native to other planes of being...