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Zusatztext "Excellent and should be an important help to students of Chinese religions and a new model for the study of religion in general that needs to be aware of the variety of manifestations a particular tradition develops within each culture! through all levels of society and across the centuries." Informationen zum Autor Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. Klappentext This third volume of Princeton Readings in Religions demonstrates that the "three religions" of China--Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism (with a fourth, folk religion, sometimes added)--are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways. The volume also illustrates some of the many interactions between Han culture and the cultures designated by the current government as "minorities." Selections from minority cultures here, for instance, are the folktale of Ny Dan the Manchu Shamaness and a funeral chant of the Yi nationality collected by local researchers in the early 1980s. Each of the forty unusual selections, from ancient oracle bones to stirring accounts of mystic visions, is preceded by a substantial introduction. As with the other volumes, most of the selections here have never been translated before. Stephen Teiser provides a general introduction in which the major themes and categories of the religions of China are analyzed. The book represents an attempt to move from one conception of the "Chinese spirit" to a picture of many spirits, including a Laozi who acquires magical powers and eventually ascends to heaven in broad daylight; the white-robed Guanyin, one of the most beloved Buddhist deities in China; and the burning-mouth hungry ghost. The book concludes with a section on "earthly conduct." Zusammenfassung Demonstrates that the "three religions" of China - Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways. This volume also illustrates some of the many interactions between Han culture and the cultures designated by the government as "minorities." Inhaltsverzeichnis Princeton Readings in Religions 1Deities and Ancestors in Early Oracle Inscriptions 2Laozi: Ancient Philosopher! Master of Immortality! and God 3The Lives and Teachings of the Divine Lord of Zitong 4City Gods and Their Magistrates 5The Earliest Tales of the Bodhisattva Guanshiyin 6A Sutra Promoting the White-robed Guanyin as Giver of Sons 7Zhu Xi on Spirit Beings 8The Inner Cultivation Tradition of Early Daoism 9Body Gods and Inner Vision: The Scripture of the Yellow Court 10An Early Poem of Mystical Excursion 11Declarations of the Perfected 12Seduction Songs of One of the Perfected 13Answering a Summons 14Visions of Manjusri on Mount Wutai 15Ny Dan the Manchu Shamaness 16Teachings of a Spirit Medium 17Spellbinding 18Record of the Feng and Shan Sacrifices 19The Scripture on the Production of Buddha Images 20The Purification Ritual of the Luminous Perfected 21Saving the Burning-Mouth Hungry Ghost 22The Law of the Spirits 23Shrines to Local Former Worthies 24Daoist Ritual in Contemporary Southeast China 25Calling on Souls and Dealing with Spirits: Three Lahu Ritual Texts 26A Funeral Chant of the Yi Nationality 27Abridged Codes of Master Lu for the Daoist Community 28The Scripture in Forty-two Sections 29The Scripture on Perfect Wisdom for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States 30The Buddhism of the Cultured Elite 31Buddhist Ritual and the State 32Biography of a Buddhist Layman 33The Book of Good Deeds: A Scripture of the Ne People 34Supernatural Retribution and Human Destiny 35Stories from an Illustrated Explanation of the Tract of the Most Exalted on Action and Response 36Record of Occultists 37Imperial Guest Ritual Index ...
