Felling Lizards in Medieval Vietnam
Aren’t Buddhists not supposed to harm living things? Isn’t that one of the most basic concepts of Buddhism? That’s what I thought anyway. Then I read the following passage about…
Killing Spirits and 17 Year-Old Girls in Medieval Vietnam
Gao Pian/Cao Biền was a Tang Dynasty official who was sent to the Red River delta in the 860s to put down disturbances caused by troops from the kingdom of…