Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confucianism
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The Sacred Books of China
Author: The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East
Author: Charles Francis HornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China
Author: Susan NaquinPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520075672
Category : Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Until now, China has been scarcely represented in the burgeoning comparative literature on pilgrimage. This volume remedies that omission, discussing the interaction between pilgrims and sacred sites from the tenth century to the present. From the perspectives of literature, art, history, religion, politics, and anthropology, the essays focus on China's most famous pilgrimage mountains as well as lesser known sites.
The Chinese Classics
Author: James LeggeThe Shu King
Author: ConfuciusChina's Sacred Sites
Author: Shun-xun NanPublisher: Himalayan Institute Press
ISBN: 9780893892623
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The ancient Chinese developed building techniques that are astounding in their ability to match nature and endure for centuries. China's Sacred Sites presents a vision of architecture as a harmonious interaction of human culture and the natural world. Over 300 color photos and architectural drawings document some of the most remarkable achievements of mountainscape feng shui. The wisdom of these ancient builders is particularly relevant today as sustainable building practices and green design take architecture in new directions.
Sacred Economies
Author: Michael J. WalshPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231519931
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Buddhist monasteries in medieval China employed a variety of practices to ensure their ascendancy and survival. Most successful was the exchange of material goods for salvation, as in the donation of land, which allowed monks to spread their teachings throughout China. By investigating a variety of socioeconomic spaces produced and perpetuated by Chinese monasteries, Michael J. Walsh reveals the "sacred economies" that shaped early Buddhism and its relationship with consumption and salvation. Centering his study on Tiantong, a Buddhist monastery that has thrived for close to seventeen centuries in southeast China, Walsh follows three main topics: the spaces monks produced, within and around which a community could pursue a meaningful existence; the social and economic avenues through which monasteries provided diverse sacred resources and secured the primacy of Buddhist teachings within an agrarian culture; and the nature of "transactive" participation within monastic spaces, which later became a fundamental component of a broader Chinese religiosity. Unpacking these sacred economies and repositioning them within the history of religion in China, Walsh encourages a different approach to the study of Chinese religion, emphasizing the critical link between religious exchange and the production of material culture.
Sacred Places Around the World
Author: Brad OlsenPublisher: CCC Publishing
ISBN: 1888729317
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
World travelers and armchair tourists who want to explore the mythology and archaeology of the ruins, sanctuaries, mountains, lost cities, and temples of ancient civilizations will find this guide ideal. Detailed here are the monuments and sites where ancient peoples once gathered to perform sacred rituals and ceremonies to worship various gods and to achieve spiritual enlightenment. Important archaeological, historical, and geological destinations worldwide are profiled, from the Great Pyramid in Egypt and the Forbidden City in China to the Temples of Angkor in Cambodia and Mount Shasta in California. Sites are described in historical and cultural context, and practical contemporary travel information is provided, including detailed maps, drawings, photographs, and travel directions.
The Sacred Books of China
Author: James LeggePublisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distri
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Wealth and Power
Author: Orville SchellPublisher:
ISBN: 0679643478
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Two leading experts on China evaluate its rise throughout the past one hundred fifty years, sharing portraits of key intellectual and political leaders to explain how China transformed from a country under foreign assault to a world giant.