In Search of Personal Welfare: View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Suny Series, Chinese Philosophy & Culture) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for In Search of Personal Welfare 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 o...
Full description- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Published: 01 March 1998
- Format: Paperback 288 pages
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- Categories: Asian History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Other Non-Christian Religions | Oriental Religions
- ISBN 13: 9780791436301 ISBN 10: 0791436306
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Full description for In Search of Personal Welfare
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.
