Religion and Chinese Society: Ancient and medieval ChinaJohn Lagerwey These volumes contain a selection of twenty-one essays presented in a conference convened jointly by the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient and the Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, on "Religion and Chinese Society: The Transformation of a Field and Its Implications for the Study of Chinese Culture." The collection provides as wide a coverage as possible of recent research in the history of Chinese religion and seeks to draw some tentative conclusions about the implications for the study of Chinese religion and society in general. |
Contents
Late Shang Religion | 5 |
A Preliminary Study | 21 |
Burial Practices as Seen in Rulers Tombs of the Eastern Zhou | 65 |
A Religious | 109 |
The Concept of Ghost in Ancient Chinese Religion | 173 |
Toward a Cultural History | 193 |
Technical Traditions in Ancient China and Shushu Culture | 223 |
The Place of the Scripture on Great Peace in the Formation | 249 |
Niya During | 279 |
The Lingbao Attempt | 317 |
A Pivotal Period in the Great Sutra | 385 |
VOLUME II | 503 |
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