Chinese ideas of life and death faith, myth and reason in the Han period (202 BC - AD 220)
Inhalt: Preface -- Introduction -- Four attitudes of mind -- The gods -- The life hereafter -- The order of nature -- The universe and the shape of the heavens -- The earth and its creatures -- The cycle of change -- Omens and miracles -- Divination and oracles -- Shamans and intermediaries -- Servi...
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| Späterer Titel: | Faith, myth, and reason in Han China |
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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London u.a.
Allen & Unwin
1982
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Inhalt: Preface -- Introduction -- Four attitudes of mind -- The gods -- The life hereafter -- The order of nature -- The universe and the shape of the heavens -- The earth and its creatures -- The cycle of change -- Omens and miracles -- Divination and oracles -- Shamans and intermediaries -- Services to the dead -- The imperial cults -- Imperial sovereignty -- The purposes of government -- The regulation of man -- The scriptures -- References and notes for further reading -- Glossary -- Table: The emperors of the Han Dynasty -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | X, 226 S. |
| ISBN: | 004180001X |