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Faith, myth, and reason in Han China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loewe, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis : Hackett Pub. Co., 2005.
Subjects:
China > Social life and customs > 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Four attitudes of mind
  • The gods
  • The life hereafter
  • The order of nature
  • The universe and the shape of the heavens
  • The earth and its creatures
  • The cycle of change
  • Omens and miracles
  • Divination and oracles
  • Shamans and intermediaries
  • Services to the dead
  • The imperial cults
  • Imperial sovereignty
  • The purposes of government
  • The regulation of man
  • The scriptures.