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The Religious System of China, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint): Its Ancient Forms, Evolution, History and Present Aspect, Manners, Custom and Social Institutions Connected Therewith - Couverture souple
Synopsis
Explore how Chinese people have understood the soul, spirits, and the many ways belief shapes life and society. This edition surveys Animism, dreamt with myth, ritual, and everyday practice, drawing on classical texts and folklore to show how explanations of souls and demonology influence culture from ancient to present times.
Delve into the ideas behind souls, the afterlife, and how ancestors, ghosts, and spirits interact with the living. You’ll see how birds like cranes and magpies figure in transformations, immortality legends, and the symbolic roles they play in belief and ritual. The text also traces how myth, literature, and popular tales preserve knowledge about spirit-world concepts and how these ideas relate to social institutions, education, and practices across Chinese history.
- Stories of metamorphosis, immortality, and spirit-beings in folklore and myth.
- How ancestral worship, spirits, and demons shape daily life and social rituals.
- An examination of how literature and folklore preserve ethnographic insights.
- Connections between belief, law, and public life, including official interactions with the spirit-world.
Ideal for readers of religious history, ethnography, and East Asian studies who want a clear view of traditional Chinese views of the soul and its influence on society.
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