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- Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought: Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
A wide-ranging exploration of traditional Chinese views of mortality.Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought is the definitive exploration of a complex and fascinating but little-understood subject. Arguably, death as a concept has not been nearly as central a preoccupation in Chinese culture as it has been in the West. However, even in a society that seems to understand death as a part of life, responses to mortality are revealing and indicate much about what is valued and what is feared. This edited volume fills the lacuna on this subject, presenting an array of philosophical, artistic, historical, and religious perspectives on death during a variety of historical periods. Contributors look at material culture, including findings now available from the Mawangdui tomb excavations; consider death in Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist traditions; and discuss death and the history and philosophy of war.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Five: Death and Dying in the Analects
- pp. 137-152
- Seven: Allotment and Death in Early China
- pp. 177-190
- Contributors
- pp. 297-300
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438435640
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
729244807
Pages
323
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No