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March 17, 2009 at 2:23 pm #30896shenchiParticipant
Does anyone know of any books or articles that give any accounts of how Taoists were treated by the communists during the Cultural Revolution? I am doing a research paper in my Anthropology class and I can’t find any info on this topic. If anyone could give a hand I would greatly appreciate it Thank you.
Peace & Tao
ShenchiMarch 17, 2009 at 4:55 pm #30897atxryanParticipantHey Shenchi,
in one of the later parts of this show they talk about a lady at Wudang’s experience during the cultural revolution, here’s the link to part one:
michael may have referenced the cultural revolution in some of his articles, too.
there’s a book called “Born a Healer” by Chunyi Lin, where he describes his experience of the cultural revolution as a young boy. i don’t think he specifically says what taoists experienced, but it could be a helpful reference.March 17, 2009 at 7:07 pm #30899shenchiParticipantThanks Ryan,
I think I have seen that clip before that is how I know there must be something else out there. I will look into the book that should be helpful. I really need a first or second hand account of communist pursecution of Taoists. I am writing a paper about the subject so I need reliable sources. It amazes me how well the Chinese communists have supressed this information. I am sure I can find it I just don’t want to have to change my topic I really want to try to tell their story because I know it happened it’s just been kept quiet. Thanks again and if you have any other suggestions please feel free to let me know. Until then,Peace & Tao
Shenchi
March 19, 2009 at 7:31 pm #30901atxryanParticipantthis article describes something that happened to Chen Zhao Pei and Cheng Jincai’s father during the cultural revolution.
http://www.chenstyletaichi.com/english/pages/grandmasterchen.html
ryanMarch 19, 2009 at 9:39 pm #30903shenchiParticipantThanx once again Ryan thats a big help. Now I just need to find a few more. I am actually thinking of going for an MA in cultural anthropology just so I can study and address this issue, and of course Taoism in general. I am really feeling this course and I could definately see myself studying in the field. Oh well I am rambleing; that is still a few years away. Anyway thanks again Ryan you’ve been a huge help.
Peace & Tao
ShenchiMarch 22, 2009 at 6:51 pm #30905shenchiParticipantThanks for the suggestion, but I had to change my research subject. I will keep it open for a future paper because I really want to get that story out there especially since it seems to of been suppressed. I am sure I will have plenty of chances as I have several years left in school. Thanks again for the help and I will keep looking for research material so I can tell their story. Until next time,
Peace & Tao
ShenchiMarch 22, 2009 at 6:56 pm #30907shenchiParticipantThanks for the help, Though I had to change my research topic for lack of information. I am keeping my research open for future papers so feel free to keep pointing me in the right direction as I would love to get this story out there. Until next time,
Peace & Tao
ShenchiApril 7, 2009 at 2:18 am #30909c_howdyParticipantHello!
If you still sometimes in the future intent to write paper with this theme then at least check BILL PORTE’s Road to Heaven – Encounters with Chinese Hermits. It hits the right point, but it’s not very (enough anyway) scholarly. It was also offered almost for free by somebody on this forum something like one year ago.
Because on Cultural Revolution there are written of course plenty of monographs from different points of view, I think it should not be so difficult to compose paper even there is not much ethnography dealing with Daoists directly because one could also use fieldwork material gathered among other persecuted people (for comparison, citations etc.).
I have every now and then tried to well… befriend nuns. I just remembered that I knew few years ago one Mongolian nun (one of the didis of Ananda Marga). She should by the way be in the moment be positioned somewhere in Taiwan. Bodily very attractive one although getting all the time older and older. She told about her grandfather who had been buddhist monk in Mongolia during the fiercely communist years. Communist had given him strictly two alternatives: to either become family man and labourer or simply die, so logic is same that it has been in Tibet.
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