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Bibliographie BIBLIOGRAPHIE Brigitte BERTHIER, La dame-du-bord-de-l'eau (Nanterre, Société d'ethnologie, 1988) (311 pp.; bibliographies, no index) (ISBN 2-901161-32-4) Brigitte Berthier has produced a fascinating book on the cult and mythology of the Fujianese goddess Chen Jin[g]gu also known as the Lady at the Border of the Water (linshui furen In Part One, she summarizes a rare novel on the mythology of the goddess, the and analy- ses it in great detail. Her account is informed by fieldwork experi- ences on Taiwan, which she also describes in more detail in Part Two. The cult has long been a very popular temple cult in northern Fujian, Southeastern Jiangxi and Southern Jiangsu, and still is on Taiwan. Recently, I have published a short article on eight Fujian temple cults, including that of Linshui furen, from an historical perspec- tive.' Unfortunately, I was unable to incorporate Berthier's book, having completed my article in early 1988. In the course of my search for historical sources, I have come across some useful-if unimaginative-articles on the Linshui furen cult by Wei Yingqi and Rong Zhaozu all of them dating from 1928, which Berthier has not used.2 Apart from some interesting historic- al sources, Wei mentions a Precious http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png T'oung Pao Brill

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Brill
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© 1992 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0082-5433
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1568-5322
DOI
10.1163/156853292X00054
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BIBLIOGRAPHIE Brigitte BERTHIER, La dame-du-bord-de-l'eau (Nanterre, Société d'ethnologie, 1988) (311 pp.; bibliographies, no index) (ISBN 2-901161-32-4) Brigitte Berthier has produced a fascinating book on the cult and mythology of the Fujianese goddess Chen Jin[g]gu also known as the Lady at the Border of the Water (linshui furen In Part One, she summarizes a rare novel on the mythology of the goddess, the and analy- ses it in great detail. Her account is informed by fieldwork experi- ences on Taiwan, which she also describes in more detail in Part Two. The cult has long been a very popular temple cult in northern Fujian, Southeastern Jiangxi and Southern Jiangsu, and still is on Taiwan. Recently, I have published a short article on eight Fujian temple cults, including that of Linshui furen, from an historical perspec- tive.' Unfortunately, I was unable to incorporate Berthier's book, having completed my article in early 1988. In the course of my search for historical sources, I have come across some useful-if unimaginative-articles on the Linshui furen cult by Wei Yingqi and Rong Zhaozu all of them dating from 1928, which Berthier has not used.2 Apart from some interesting historic- al sources, Wei mentions a Precious

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