In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion

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.

Author: Mu-Chou Poo
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 01/29/1998
Pages: 331
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.93w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780791436301

About the Author
Mu-chou Poo is Research Fellow and Professor at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He is the author of several works, including Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt; Literature by the Nile: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Literature; and Burial Styles and Ideas of Life and Death.

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