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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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Franklin Perkins
Release : 2014-05-23
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 760/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane by : Franklin Perkins
Download or read book Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane written by Franklin Perkins. This book was released on 2014-05-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical discourse.
