Early Chinese Religion

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004168354
Total Pages : 1281 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Chinese Religion: Part One: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD) (2 Vols) written by John Lagerwey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 1281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together, and for the first time in any language, the 24 essays gathered in these volumes provide a composite picture of the history of religion in ancient China from the emergence of writing ca. 1250 BC to the collapse of the first major imperial dynasty in 220 AD. It is a multi-faceted tale of changing gods and rituals that includes the emergence of a form of “secular humanism” that doubts the existence of the gods and the efficacy of ritual and of an imperial orthodoxy that founds its legitimacy on a distinction between licit and illicit sacrifices. Written by specialists in a variety of disciplines, the essays cover such subjects as divination and cosmology, exorcism and medicine, ethics and self-cultivation, mythology, taboos, sacrifice, shamanism, burial practices, iconography, and political philosophy. Produced under the aegis of the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations chinoise, japonaise et tibétaine (UMR 8155) and the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris).

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047442423
Total Pages : 1280 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Chinese Religion, Part One: Shang through Han (1250 BC-220 AD) (2 vols.) written by John Lagerwey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together, and for the first time in any language, the 24 essays gathered in these volumes provide a composite picture of the history of religion in ancient China from the emergence of writing ca. 1250 BC to the collapse of the first major imperial dynasty in 220 AD. It is a multi-faceted tale of changing gods and rituals that includes the emergence of a form of “secular humanism” that doubts the existence of the gods and the efficacy of ritual and of an imperial orthodoxy that founds its legitimacy on a distinction between licit and illicit sacrifices. Written by specialists in a variety of disciplines, the essays cover such subjects as divination and cosmology, exorcism and medicine, ethics and self-cultivation, mythology, taboos, sacrifice, shamanism, burial practices, iconography, and political philosophy. Produced under the aegis of the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations chinoise, japonaise et tibétaine (UMR 8155) and the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris).

Author : Brian Hanson-Harding
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477788964
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Chinese Religion and Beliefs written by Brian Hanson-Harding and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ancient Chinese concepts of the cosmos to their perceptions of the afterlife, the ancient Chinese had a rich and varied system of religion and beliefs. In this useful resource, readers will get an overview of the progression and development of ancient Chinese religions. The text illuminates the relationships between their gods and their priests and shamans. Among many other details, readers will learn about the relationships and rituals of Confucianism, the values of Daoism, and Buddhism’s cycle of existence.

Author : Mu-chou Poo
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791436295
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of Personal Welfare written by Mu-chou Poo and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major reassessment of ancient Chinese religion to appear in recent years, this book presents the religious mentality of the period through personal and daily experiences.

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004172098
Total Pages : 7 pages
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Download or read book Early Chinese Religion: The period of division (220-589 AD) (2 vols.) written by John Lagerwey and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900438572X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigm Shifts in Early and Modern Chinese Religion written by John Lagerwey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fifth century BC to the present and dealing with Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion, this book explores the four periods of paradigm shift in the intertwined histories of Chinese religion, politics, and culture. It serves as the introduction to the eight-volume Early and Modern Chinese Religion.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Chinese Religion written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888028049
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China written by John Lagerwey and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 40 years, our vision of Chinese culture and history has been transformed by the discovery of the role of religion in Chinese state-making and in local society. The Daoist religion, in particular, long despised as "superstitious," has recovered its place as "the native higher religion." But while the Chinese state tried from the fifth century on to construct an orthodoxy based on Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, local society everywhere carved out for itself its own geomantically defined space and organized itself around local festivals in honor of gods of its own choosing-gods who were often invented and then represented by illiterate mediums. Looking at China from the point of view of elite or popular culture therefore produces very different results.--John Lagerwey has done extensive fieldwork on local society and its festivals. This book represents a first attempt to use this new research to integrate top-down and bottom-up views of Chinese society, culture, and history. It should be of interest to a wide range of China specialists, students of religion and popular culture, as well as participants in the ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue between historians and anthropologists.--John Lagerwey is professor of Daoist history at the ?cole Pratique des Hautes ?tudes and of Chinese studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is author of Taoist Ritual in Chinese Society and History and editor of the 30-volume "Traditional Hakka Society Series" as well as the recently published four-volume set Early Chinese Religion.-----

Author : Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religions of Ancient China written by Herbert Allen Giles and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Religions of Ancient China" by Herbert Allen Giles is an educational text that helped to bring the rich history of ancient China to the western world. A seminal text, the book is still worth reading today, despite the greater number of books on the topic that are now available.

Author : John Lagerwey
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004179431
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Chinese Religion written by John Lagerwey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: