In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy & Culture) - Couverture souple

Poo, Mu-Chou

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791436306 ISBN 13 : 9780791436301

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book is the first major reassessment of ancient Chinese religion to appear in recent years. It provides a historical investigation of broadly shared religious beliefs and goals in ancient China from the earliest period to the end of the Han Dynasty. The author makes use of recently acquired archeological data, traditional texts, and modern scholarly work from China, Japan, and the West. The overall concern of this book is to try to reach the religious mentality of the ancient Chinese in the context of personal and daily experiences. Poo deals with such problems as the definition of religion, the popular/elite controversy in methodology, and the use of "elite" documents in the study of ordinary life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mu-chou Poo is Professor and Research Fellow in the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan. He is the author of several books, including In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion, also published by SUNY Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791436306
• ISBN 13: 9780791436301
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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