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Author : Mark Berkson
Release : 2001
Genre : Death
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Book Synopsis Death and the Self in Ancient Chinese Thought by : Mark Berkson
Download or read book Death and the Self in Ancient Chinese Thought written by Mark Berkson. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amy Olberding
Release : 2012-01-02
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 649/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought by : Amy Olberding
Download or read book Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought written by Amy Olberding. This book was released on 2012-01-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mortality in Traditional China is the definitive exploration of a complex and fascinating but little-understood subject. Arguably, death as a concept has not been nearly as central a preoccupation in Chinese culture as it has been in the West. However, even in a society that seems to understand death as a part of life, responses to mortality are revealing and indicate much about what is valued and what is feared. This edited volume fills the lacuna on this subject, presenting an array of philosophical, artistic, historical, and religious perspectives on death during a variety of historical periods. Contributors look at material culture, including findings now available from the Mawangdui tomb excavations; consider death in Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist traditions; and discuss death and the history and philosophy of war.
Author : Mark Berkson
Release : 1999
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Book Synopsis Death and the Self in Ancient Chinese Thought: a Comparative Perspective by : Mark Berkson
Download or read book Death and the Self in Ancient Chinese Thought: a Comparative Perspective written by Mark Berkson. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Constance Cook
Release : 2017-06-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 637/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Death in Ancient China by : Constance Cook
Download or read book Death in Ancient China written by Constance Cook. This book was released on 2017-06-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book provides a glimpse into the belief system and the material wealth of the social elite in pre-Imperial China through a close analysis of tomb contents and excavated bamboo texts. The point of departure is the textual and material evidence found in one tomb of an elite man buried in 316 BCE near a once wealthy middle Yangzi River valley metropolis. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of cosmological symbolism and the nature of the spirit world. The author shows how illness and death were perceived as steps in a spiritual journey from one realm into another. Transmitted textual records are compared with excavated texts. The layout and contents of this multi-chambered tomb are analyzed as are the contents of two texts, a record of divination and sacrifices performed during the last three years of the occupant’s life and a tomb inventory record of mortuary gifts. The texts are fully translated and annotated in the appendices. A first-time close-up view of a set of local beliefs which not only reflect the larger ancient Chinese religious system but also underlay the rich intellectual and artistic life of pre-Imperial China. With first full translations of texts previously unknown to all except a small handful of sinologists.
Author : Alexus McLeod
Release : 2021
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 910/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Dao of Madness by : Alexus McLeod
Download or read book The Dao of Madness written by Alexus McLeod. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chapter One lays out the dominant views of self, agency, and moral responsibility in early Chinese Philosophy. The reason for this is that these views inform the ways early Chinese thinkers approach mental illness, as well as the role they see it playing in self-cultivation as a whole (whether they view it as problematic or beneficial, for example). In this chapter I offer a view of a number of dominant conceptions of mind, body, and agency in early Chinese thought, through a number of philosophical and medical texts"--
