Religions of China in Practice (eBook)

Jr. Donald S. Lopez (Herausgeber)

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2021
520 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23460-1 (ISBN)

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This third volume of Princeton Readings in Religions demonstrates that the "e;three religions"e; of China--Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism (with a fourth, folk religion, sometimes added)--are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways. The volume also illustrates some of the many interactions between Han culture and the cultures designated by the current government as "e;minorities."e; Selections from minority cultures here, for instance, are the folktale of Ny Dan the Manchu Shamaness and a funeral chant of the Yi nationality collected by local researchers in the early 1980s. Each of the forty unusual selections, from ancient oracle bones to stirring accounts of mystic visions, is preceded by a substantial introduction. As with the other volumes, most of the selections here have never been translated before. Stephen Teiser provides a general introduction in which the major themes and categories of the religions of China are analyzed. The book represents an attempt to move from one conception of the "e;Chinese spirit"e; to a picture of many spirits, including a Laozi who acquires magical powers and eventually ascends to heaven in broad daylight; the white-robed Guanyin, one of the most beloved Buddhist deities in China; and the burning-mouth hungry ghost. The book concludes with a section on "e;earthly conduct."e;

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Readings in Religions
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Readings in Religions
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Schlagworte: Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • ancient China • Baicheng • Baopuzi • Bodhisattva • Buddhism • Buddhism in Japan • Buddhist art • Buddhist Pilgrimage • buddhist texts • Chen Tuan • Chen Youliang • China • Chinese Astrology • Chinese Astronomy • Chinese Buddhism • Chinese Buddhist canon • Chinese characters • chinese classics • Chinese Culture • chinese dictionary • Chinese folklore • Chinese kinship • Chinese literature • Chinese mythology • Chinese name • Chinese Painting • Chinese philosophy • Chinese poetry • Chinese sovereign • Chinese Theology • City God (China) • classical chinese • Confucian Academy • Confucian art • Confucianism • Confucius • Daoist meditation • David Hawkes (sinologist) • deity • Dong Zhongshu • Dunhuang • Emperor of China • Emperor Yao • Fei Lian • Fenghuang • Ge Hong • Government of China • Guanyin • Han dynasty • Han Yu • Huang-Lao • Hu County • Huiyuan (Buddhist) • Human beings in Buddhism • Hunan • Jade Emperor • Jiangxi • Jicheng (Beijing) • Ji Gong • Kongzi Jiayu • Kou Qianzhi • Kui (Chinese mythology) • Kunlun Mountain (mythology) • Languages of China • Laozi • Manchuria • Manchu shamanism • Mencius • Mencius (book) • Middle Chinese • Ming Dynasty • Names of China • Nanyue • On China • Ouyang Xiu • Petitioning (China) • Politics of China • Provinces of China • Qiang people • Qianlong emperor • Qingdao • Qing Dynasty • Qin Shi Huang • Qixia Temple • Refuge (Buddhism) • Religion • Religion in China • Religion in Japan • religious text • Rite • Sacred Mountains of China • Schools of Buddhism • Shaanxi • Shamanism • Shangdi • Shangqiu • Shanxi • Shaoyang • Shennong • Shenxian zhuan • Shingon Buddhism • Sichuan • Sichuan Basin • Sima Xiangru • Sinology • Southwest China • Standard Chinese • Sutra • Taiping guangji • Taiping Heavenly Kingdom • Tao Hongjing • Taoism • Tao Te Ching • the monastery • traditional chinese characters • varieties of Chinese • veneration • Wangliang • Wang Yangming • written chinese • Xian (Taoism) • Xuanxue • Xuanzang • Xunzi (book) • Yang Zhu • Yao Chang • Yijing (monk) • Yunnan • Zhang Daoling • Zhang Qian • Zhang Zai • Zhangzhou • Zhenren • Zhiyi • Zhong Kui • Zhou Dunyi • Zhuang Zhou • Zhuangzi (book) • Zhuanxu • Zhuge Liang • Zhu Xi
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23460-4 / 0691234604
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23460-1 / 9780691234601