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Chinese religions : beliefs and practices
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Title
Chinese religions : beliefs and practices / Jeaneane and Merv Fowler.
ISBN
9781845191726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1845191722 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Brighton ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2008.
Physical Description
ix, 320 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 16, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-296) and index.
Contents
Ancient China : the three dynasties
The Hsia/Xia dynasty
The Shang dynasty
The Chou/Zhou dynasty
The age of the philosophers
Rhythms of the universe
The book of changes : the I Ching/Yijing
Yin and Yang
The five agents
Confucianism
The Ju/Ru tradition
Confucius
The analects
Teachings
The Confucian classics
Confucian development
Confucianism in formation
Meng-tzu/Mengzi and Hsün-tzu/Xunzi
Confucianism in adaptation
Classical taoism
What is taoism
Lao-tzu/Laozi and the Tao te Ching/Daodejing
Chuang-tzu/Zhuangzi
Lieh-tzu/Liezi
Tao
Creation and reversal
Te/De
Wu-wei : non-action
Tzu-jan/Ziran : naturalness and spontaneity
Buddhism
The advent of Buddhism in China
The Tien-tai/Tiantai (Jap. Tendai) School
Hua-yen/Huayan
Devotional Buddhism
Pure land Buddhism
Religious Taoism
Historical development
Alchemy
Life beyond earth
Religious praxis
Immortals
Sages
Neo-Confucianism
The transforming face of Confucianism
The place of women in Confucian culture
The five masters
The dissemination of Confucianism
Modern new Confucianism
Ch'an Buddhism
Bodhidharma
Hui-k'o/Huike
Hui-neng/Huineng
The Zen movement after Hui-Neng
The five houses
Kuei-yang/Guiyang (Jap. Igyo) and the circular figures
Lin-chi/Linji (Jap. Rinzai) and shouting and beating
Koan practice
The master-pupil relationship
Ts'ao-tung (Jap. Soto) and the formula of the five ranks
Yun-men/Yunmen (Jap. Ummon) and the "pass of a single word"
Fa-yen/Fayan (Jap. Hogen) and the inner unity of the six marks of being
The sung/song period
Meditation
Popular religion
What is popular religion?
Deities of popular religion
The calendar
Festivals
Popular praxis
Chinese religions today
Communist China
Confucianism
Taoism
Buddhism
Popular religion
Influences of Chinese religions in the West.
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