The greatest worth of this volume is arguably its very fundamental premise: studies pertaining to Yīgu`and`ao - especially those built upon genuine access to practitioners - are desperately lacking, and this volume grants a much-needed window.
Sébastien Billioud is Professor of Chinese Studies at Université de Paris and a member of the French Research Institute on East Asia (IFRAE). His cross-disciplinary research explores the modern and contemporary fates of Confucianism. He is the author of Thinking Through Confucian Modernity, A Study of Mou Zongsan's Moral Metaphysics, The Sage and the People, The Confucian Revival in China, and other works.