It takes the average reader 7 hours and 31 minutes to read Precious Volumes by Daniel L. Overmyer
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"Precious volumes," or pao-chan, were produced by popular sects in the Ming and early Qing dynasties. These scriptures were believed to have been divinely revealed to sect leaders and contain teachings and ritual instructions that provide valuable information about a lively and widespread religious tradition outside mainstream Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Largely neglected until now, they testify to the imagination and devotion of popular religious leaders. This book, the most detailed and comprehensive study of pao-chan in any language, studies 34 early examples of this literature in...
Precious Volumes by Daniel L. Overmyer is 444 pages long, and a total of 112,776 words.
This makes it 150% the length of the average book. It also has 138% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 16 minutes to read Precious Volumes aloud.
Precious Volumes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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