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There is much to admire in Meulenbeld's meticulous delineation of the interrelationship between Canonization's narrative of the righteous triumph of the Zhou kings and the combat Daoist ritualists waged against demonic adversaries through ritual performance. Meulenbeld also is to be commended for elaborating the significance of violence and martial values in the construction of imperial China's civil order.-- Journal of Chinese Religions This important new work puts forth arguments concerning primarily three subjects: the novel Fengshen yanyi (Canonization of the Gods), the cultural context of the Ming vernacular novel, and the relationship of Daoism and popular religion. . . . Meulenbeld's style is excellent throughout and the copy-editing meticulous, making this a highly readable and closely argued book.-- Etudes Asiatiques With his Demonic Warfare: Daoism, Territorial Networks, and the History of a Ming Novel, Mark Meulenbeld provides an inspiring study of the fundamental continuities that exist between vernacular fiction and exorcistic, martial rituals in the vernacular language. It deserves a permanent place on the bookshelves of scholars in the fields of Daoist studies, Chinese fiction, Chinese popular religion, and Ming history. . . . Demonic Warfare opens up new ways of understanding and interpreting the Ming novel in particular and religion and literature in general. . . . Meulenbeld's Demonic Warfare is rich in detail and comprehensive in its treatment of larger issues and themes in Daoist studies, Chinese fiction, Chinese popular religion, and Ming history. It also contributes to the field of Religion and Literature Study. The book is extremely successful in inspiring intellectual curiosity and in providing a basis for further research on the issues mentioned above.-- Review of Religion and Chinese Society

There is much to admire in Meulenbeld's meticulous delineation of the interrelationship between Canonization's narrative of the righteous triumph of the Zhou kings and the combat Daoist ritualists waged against demonic adversaries through ritual performance. Meulenbeld also is to be commended for elaborating the significance of violence and martial values in the construction of imperial China's civil order.-- Journal of Chinese Religions

There is much to admire in Meulenbeld's meticulous delineation of the interrelationship between Canonization's narrative of the righteous triumph of the Zhou kings and the combat Daoist ritualists waged against demonic adversaries through ritual performance. Meulenbeld also is to be commended for elaborating the significance of violence and martial values in the construction of imperial China's civil order.-- Journal of Chinese Religions With his Demonic Warfare: Daoism, Territorial Networks, and the History of a Ming Novel, Mark Meulenbeld provides an inspiring study of the fundamental continuities that exist between vernacular fiction and exorcistic, martial rituals in the vernacular language. It deserves a permanent place on the bookshelves of scholars in the fields of Daoist studies, Chinese fiction, Chinese popular religion, and Ming history. . . . Demonic Warfare opens up new ways of understanding and interpreting the Ming novel in particular and religion and literature in general. . . . Meulenbeld's Demonic Warfare is rich in detail and comprehensive in its treatment of larger issues and themes in Daoist studies, Chinese fiction, Chinese popular religion, and Ming history. It also contributes to the field of Religion and Literature Study. The book is extremely successful in inspiring intellectual curiosity and in providing a basis for further research on the issues mentioned above.-- Review of Religion and Chinese Society This important new work puts forth arguments concerning primarily three subjects: the novel Fengshen yanyi (Canonization of the Gods), the cultural context of the Ming vernacular novel, and the relationship of Daoism and popular religion. . . . Meulenbeld's style is excellent throughout and the copy-editing meticulous, making this a highly readable and closely argued book.-- Etudes Asiatiques

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Mark R. E. Meulenbeld is Associate Professor in the East Asian Language & Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

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